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Frieden (ex- Hindenburg)
Above : Hindenburg in an official photograph from the archive of the Köln-Düsseldorfer Deutsche Rheinschiffahrt AG
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Built by Gebruder Sachsenberg at
Cologne-Deutz in 1916 (hull number 764)
Length : 77.8 metres
Displacement : 399 tonnes
Engines : Compound diagonal by Sachsenberg at Rosslau
Relatively unscathed during the war and renovated for service in 1946 under the name Frieden
Converted to oil burning in 1957
Modernised in 1968 with a new funnel and given an open foredeck on the upper deck
Destroyed by fire on 29th October 1968 in the Rheinauhafen at Cologne
Above : As built. Courtesy of Markus Graf
Above : Post card view at Koblenz as Frieden. From the collection of Markus Graf with kind permission
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