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Jos Franken (ex- Hugo Basedow)
Built in 1925 at
Dresden-Ubigau
Built for the Lauenburger
Dampfschiffahrtsgesellschaft
Served on the Elbe generally sailing between Hamburg, Lauenburg and
Hitzacker
Sold in 1962 and moved to Zutphen in the Netherlands but remained out of use
Renamed
Jos Franken in 1966 and moved to Rotterdam. Heavily rebuilt with large
superstructure and used as a floating supermarket and supplier of
provisions for ships.
Machinery removed
She has been in Nijmegen,
moored in the Waalhaven, since 1985 in static use by a church
organisation acting as a church for sailors and itinerant workers
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