An item reported that on the Oder section Gryfino-Szczecin [the former German places Greifenhagen-Stettin] the Polish screw steam tug Mistwin was active. Built in the Netherlands with 250hp horsepower.(1) This section was most of the time completed within 6 hours. The convoys were larger as elsewhere on the Oder and were towed by especially efficient and fast tugs.
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1. Single screw steam tug. The dimensions are then given as 26,50-28,00 x 5,70 (thrushes changed in 5,94)-5,76 (maximum beam altered in 6,00) x 1,30 (with 10 ton coal and boiler filled with water) x 2,1 metres. The machinery consisted of 1-250ihp triple expansion steam engine and a boiler with a heating surface of 83 square metres. The Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Export Centrale acted as an intermediary between Dutch shipyards and the Polish organisation Polimex (Polsike Towarzystwo Eksporto-Importowe Maszyn i Marzedzi), Warszawa, Poland. Built by Van de Werf, Deest, Netherlands in 1950.
Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP80-00926A005900840001-6
Note
1. Single screw steam tug. The dimensions are then given as 26,50-28,00 x 5,70 (thrushes changed in 5,94)-5,76 (maximum beam altered in 6,00) x 1,30 (with 10 ton coal and boiler filled with water) x 2,1 metres. The machinery consisted of 1-250ihp triple expansion steam engine and a boiler with a heating surface of 83 square metres. The Nederlandsche Scheepsbouw Export Centrale acted as an intermediary between Dutch shipyards and the Polish organisation Polimex (Polsike Towarzystwo Eksporto-Importowe Maszyn i Marzedzi), Warszawa, Poland. Built by Van de Werf, Deest, Netherlands in 1950.
Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP80-00926A005900840001-6
