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River Rhein, Germany
Rheingold

Above :  Photo shown with the kind permission of Markus Graf
Built in 1902 by Gebruder Sachsenberg at Koln-Deutz
Length : 73.0 m  x 8.2 / 15.2
Compound diagonal by Sachsenberg at Rosslau


Scuttled at Assmanshausen in 1945
Raised and renovated at St Goar in 1947
Converted to oil buring in 1956
Withdrawn in 1966 and scrapped in 1967


Above :  Photo shown with the kind permission of Markus Graf

Above :  Photo shown with the kind permission of Markus Graf
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