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Verecke, later Koros

Above : Koros, built in 1939 as Verecke was the last paddle steamer built for Hungarian service with MAHART and ten years after the previous new vessel. It was the last built in Hungary with the exception of the post-war Soviet 737 long-distance night boats. As a small excursion steamer, Verecke / Koros was not typical of the fleet whose larger vessels operated longer services
Photo : thanks to fenykepek.hu   https://xn--fotk-sqa.hu/picture.php?/2161/tags/1076-koros_verecke_hajo

Built in 1939 at Ganz, Budapest-Ujpest
Length : 48.52 m, breadth : 7.02 m (13.17 m overall)
Engines : Compound diagonal

Sailed for MFTR, MESzHART and MAHART until 1971 and was then used by the Communist Youth Organisation at Baja until broken up in 1975