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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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