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PS Kurort Rathen                                                                                           River Elbe at Dresden, Germany    
Above : At Koenigstein on 4th September 2004
Length 55.52 metres
2 cylinder compound oscillating engine
Entered service in 1896 as Bastei 
Renamed Kurort Rathen in 1956
Major reconditioning in the winter of 1993-4

From the paddlesteamers.info Photo Archive

 

 

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Off Prossen on 4/9/04

A look aboard Kurort Rathen

At Koenigstein on 4/9/04

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Frequent services along the narrow River Elbe give arise to plentiful opportunities to encounter other ships at close quarters. Here (above and below), Phil Barnes caught a view of Kuorort Rathen on the 09:30 service from Bad Schandau on August 4th 2014 just upstream of Pirna

Photos of Kurort Rathen in 2004 (below) by kind courtesy of Nigel Clark

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