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Database : Poland
Extant in the 1970s on the River Vistula (Wisla)
Traugutt
Built in 1926 by Schichau at Elbing/Elblag
Length : 67 m
Compound Diagonal
Originally named Gonted and then Nur when under German control from 1939
After sinking and subsequent raising she reentered service as Traugutt
Withdrawn in 1975 and then used as an accommodation ship at Plock with the name Aniela from 1978
Baltyk
Built in 1926 by Danziger Werft, Danzig/Gdansk
Length : 63 m
Compound Diagonal
Spent World War II at Danzig as an accommodation ship under German control, named Prinz Eugen
After withdrawal, served as an accommodation ship named Alina
Feliks Dzerzynski
Built between 1914 and 1925 by Rivers Shipbuilding Warszawa (Warsaw)
Length : 61 m
Compound Diagonal
Originally named Polska and then, from 2933, Halka
Sunk in1944 and later raised and restored, being renamed Feliks Dzerzynski
Withdrawn in 1972 and laid up
General Swierczewski
Built between 1914 and 1919 at Plock
Length : 55 m
Compound Diagonal
Originally named Stanislaw
Renamed General Swirczewski when restored and returned to service in 1948 and being sunk in 1944
Withdrawn around 1980 by which time she was the last remaining operational paddle steamer on the river
Raklawice
Built in 1881 by Schichau at Elbing/Elblag
Length : 51 m
originally named Naurycy
Remained in service until 1974
later served on land as clubhouse
Earlier Vessels
Alicia (1914)
Survived into the 1970s as a floating landing stage for steamers in Warsaw
Kilinski (1899)
Built by Schichau at Elbing/Elblag
Length : 51 m
Originally named Krakus, then Sobieski (from 1919), Krakus (1921), Dneistr (1939) and Kilinski (1948 after post-war renovation)
Withdrawn in 1963 and moved to Wloclawek for use as a floating hotel where she remained until 1975
She was hauled on to land at Torun
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