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Dornbirn (ex - Kaiser Franz Josef I)
Built in 1885 by Escher, Wyss of
Zurich
Engines : by Escher, Wyss of Zurich
Length : 53.5 x 12.4 metres
One of three close sisters
Renamed Dornbirn in 1919
Ran aground near Nonnenhorn in January 1925, holing herself and
remaining aground for one week
Taken out of service in 1937, but requisitioned as a troopship in
1938
Sank at her moorings at Bregenz in 1940. Raised and scrapped at
Lindau
Return to
Lake
Constance - Austrian
Fleet