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River Rhein, Germany
De Rijn (ex- Deutschland)  

Above : As Deutschland. Photo shown with the kind permission of Markus Graf
Built in 1896 by Gebruder Sachsenberg at Koln-Deutz
Length : 72.5 m  x 8.0 / 15.3 m
Engines : Compound diagonal by Sachsenberg at Rosslau

Built for the DGNM (Dusseldorf)
Sold to the Dutch operator in 1929 and renamed De Rijn
Scrapped in 1946

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