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River
Rhein,
Germany
Bismarck
Above
: Photo by kind courtesy of the Archiv der Koln-Dusseldorfer Deutsche
Rheinschiffahrt AG under Creative Commons Licence : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/de/deed.en
Built in 1914 by Gebruder Sachsenberg at Koln-Deutz
Length : 79.2 m x 8.25 / 15.7 m
Engines : Compound diagonal by Sachsenberg at Rosslau
Built for the DGMN (Dusseldorf)
Used for express services between Cologne and Mainz
Bomb damaged in June 1940 at Neuss. Repaired by Berninghaus at Cologne
Used as an accommodation vessel for forced labour
Seriously damaged in 1944 and moved to near Bad Honnef to try and avoid further damage
Returned
to service in June 1946 - the first KD passenger ship to do so but was
used as an accommodation ship at Koln over the next three winters
Fully renovated for the 1949 season
Converted to burn oil in 1957
New
bow and fo'cstle inthe winter of 1958/9 lengthened the ship by 1.2 m,
the fore-saloon cut back and the upper deck aft partially glazed in
Boiler
trouble in 1968 led to the ship being laid up but rather than being
withdrawn, substantial renovation work was undertaken on her
mechanical parts and she returned to service in the summer of 1969
Laid up after the summer season of 1974
Moved to Hendrik-ido-Ambacht in the Netherlands in August 1967 for scrapping
Above : 1952 to 1953. Photo by kind permission of Markus Graf
Above : 1950s. Photo by kind permission of Markus Graf
Above : 1959. Photo shown with the kind permission of Markus Graf
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