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HISTORICAL PADDLE STEAMERS : KD and antecedents
Vessel Name (s) | Built in | For | Length (m) | Until | Notes |
Mainz | 1929 | DGNM | 83.62 | - Survives as a static museum ship in Mannheim | |
Juliana Prinses der Nederlande / Juliana |
1928 |
Dutch |
79.00 |
1944 |
Sunk in 1944 as blockade ship at Ijmuiden |
1926 |
PRDG |
79.03 |
1972 |
Scrapped 1978 | |
Rheinland / Rudesheim | 1926 | DGNM | 79.10 | - Remains in service as De Majesteit at Rotterdam NL | |
Hindenburg / Frieden | 1916 | PRDG | 77.80 | 1968 | Renamed Frieden in 1946 after reconstruction. Burnt out in Cologne Rheinauhafen in 1968 |
1914 |
DGNM |
78.00 |
1974 |
Scrapped 1978 | |
Goethe | 1913 | PRDG | 77.80 | - Remains in service with KD but now with diesel-hydraulic drive | |
1912 |
DGNM |
82.00 |
1959 |
| |
1912 |
PRDG |
84.30 |
1944 |
Sunk by bombing at Koln -14/10/44 - Scrapped 1946 | |
1910 |
PRDG |
77.80 |
1974 |
Sunk 1945. Rebuilt 1950 and renamed Cecilie. In reserve from 1967. Scrapped 1983 | |
1908 |
DGNM |
73.00 |
1945 |
Rebuilt and renamed Ostmark in 1931 | |
Prins-Hendrik |
1907 |
Dutch |
81.72 |
1955 |
|
1907 |
MDAG |
60.25 |
1944 |
To KD in 1925. Sunk 22/4/44 | |
1906 |
DGNM |
75.50 |
1963 |
Scrapped 1964 | |
Albertus Magnus * |
1906 |
MDAG |
57.00 |
1926 |
To KD in 1925, to Magdeburg in 1926 as Markgraf . Sold in 1936 to Hamburg as a tug. Scrap 1960 |
1905 |
PRDG |
72.30 |
1944 |
Lost to bombing 18/12/44. Scrapped 1946 | |
Elberfeld |
1905 |
DGNM |
73.00 |
1967 |
|
1903 |
PRDG |
76.00 |
1970 |
In reserve from 1963 | |
1902 |
DGNM |
73.00 |
1966 |
Scrapped 1967 | |
1902 |
DGNM** |
73.00 |
1945 |
Sold to Dutch (1930) as De Zeeuw, bought back (1935) as Stahleck | |
Neptun / De Nederlander |
1901 |
PRDG** |
71.00 |
1943 |
Sold 1929 to Dutch as De Nederlander |
1900 |
DGNM** |
73.00 |
1945 |
Renamed Rheinstein in 1911. Sold to Dutch as Siegfried. Survived until 1945 | |
Borussia |
1899 |
PRDG |
85.85 |
1921 |
Sold for use as tug. Scrapped 1934 |
Kaiserin Auguste Viktoria |
1899 |
DGNM |
85.85 |
1921 |
Sold. Bombed and sunk in 1945 |
Rotterdam |
1898 |
Dutch |
|
1954 |
|
Kaiserin Friedrich |
1897 |
PRDG |
68.50 |
1944 |
Bombed and sunk at Ludwigshafen on 13/9/44 |
1896 |
DGNM** |
72.50 |
1946 |
To Dutch in 1929. Renamed De Rijn | |
1896 |
MDAG |
52.00 |
1925 |
KD 1925, Lauenburg/Elbe (1925-57), Holland (1957-63) Burnt out | |
Hollandia |
1894 |
Dutch |
72.62 |
1955 |
|
1894 |
PRDG |
71.60 |
1932 |
Sold for use as Restaurant. Burnt out in 1945 | |
1894 |
PRDG** |
67.75 |
1945 |
Sold to Dutch, renamed Stolzenfels (1929). Sunk 15/3/45 | |
Stolzenfels / Amicitia |
1892 |
PRDG** |
77.50 |
1942 |
Sold to Dutch, renamed Amicitia (1929). Sunk 31/5/42. |
Arnold Walpod |
1892 |
DGNM** |
71.60 |
1933 |
Sold to Dutch. Out of service from 1933 |
Willem III Koning der Nederlande / Willem III |
1891 |
Dutch |
72.50 |
1954 |
|
Wilhelmina Koningin der Nederlande / Wilhelmina / Willem |
1890 |
Dutch |
73.00 |
1954 |
Renamed Willem in 1950 |
1890 |
PRDG |
68.00 |
1941 |
Bombed and sunk 1/3/41 | |
1890 |
PRDG |
68.00 |
1938 |
| |
1890 |
DGNM |
68.60 |
1956 |
Scrapped 1960 | |
Emma |
1889 |
Dutch |
73.00 |
1936 |
|
Drachenfels |
1888 |
DGNM |
68.60 |
1960 |
Scrapped 1963 |
Rhein |
1888 |
PRDG |
67.00 |
1924 |
Sold to Hamburg intersts as "Hamburg II". Scrap 1948 |
1886 |
PRDG |
67.00 |
1924 |
Sold 1924 for in use as restaurant - Derelict hull was still extant at Cologne in 2005 | |
Niederwald |
1886 |
DGNM |
67.00 |
1930 |
Sold for use as a house - boat |
Hohenstaufen |
1884 |
PRDG |
61.25 |
1920 |
Sold but not used again - scrapped 1936 |
Bismarck / Freiherr von Stein / Westmark |
1883 |
DGNM |
67.00 |
1951 |
Renamed Freiherr vom Stein (1914), Westmark (1931) |
Moltke |
1882 |
PRDG |
70.50 |
1928 |
Sold - Stadt Magdeburg (1928) then to Duisburg as Gluckauf in 1930 |
Willem I Koning der Nederlande / Willem I |
1881 |
Dutch |
71.00 |
1936 |
Survived as restaurant ship at Ludwigshafen into the 1960s |
Chriemhilde |
1880 |
Dutch |
71.00 |
1945 |
Scuttled 1945 and later scrapped |
Siegfried |
1880 |
Dutch |
71.00 |
1936 |
House boat and restaurant. Bombed & sunk in 1944 |