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River
Rhein,
Germany
Stadt Dusseldorf
Above
: Stadt Dusseldorf. One of three paddle steamers taken over by the KD
from the Mulheim company in 1925 and the only one retained. She was the
only quarter-deck steamer in the fleet once the other two had been
sold.
Although seen above at the Lorelei, she was mainly in service from Dusseldorf to points downstream towards the Dutch border
Photo shown with the kind permission of Markus Graf
Built in 1907 by Berninghaus at Duisburg
Length : 60.25 m x 6.8 m
Compound diagonal by Sachsenberg at Rosslau
Built for the Mulheimer Dampschiffahrts AG of Koln-Mulheim
Taken over by the KD in 1925
Sunk and written off on 22nd April 1944
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