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Wednesday 23 October 2019

German inland vessel Bayern now Russian property according to a CIA report dated 6 August 1953

An item reported that the Danube river ship Bayern in de Second World War sunk near Hainburg, Germany near the Austro-Hungarian border was salvaged and transported to the Austrian Korneuburg shipyard. In the past was she owned by a German company active on the Danube but now Soviet owned. Length around 80 metres with engines delivering 1.800hp. Despite she was sunk was the machinery in excellent condition.

Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP80-00810A001900030009-9