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 Hungary : River Danube

Szent Gellert, later Tancsics  and Szoke Tizsa when in preservation (1960-1980)




Built in 1928 in Ujpest, based on a hull originally started at the Komarom shipyard in 1918
Length : 62.4 m, breadth : 8.0 m (15.8 m overall)


In Austria 1944-1946
Renamed Tancsics
Withdrawn in 1960
Served as a hotel ship at Szeged under the name Szoke Tisza until scrapped in 1980


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