After the First World War (1914-1918)
lost by the German, Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires was Walker D. Hines
appointed as international arbitrator responsible for the ceding of tugs and
other inland vessels by Germany, Bulgaria, Austria and Hungary to the Allied
Powers. For Austria respectively Hungary were the Treaties of St. Germain and
Trianon leading. Lists were made of the involved vessels including some details
and what their fate was to be.
A list dated Paris, France 2 August 1921
reported that Austria possessed for service on the Danube the SD tug Irene with
a horsepower of 350 hp and which was to ceded to Czechoslovakia.(1)
Note
1.
The Süd Deutsche Donau Dampfschiffahrt Geselsschaft, a German company, however
entirely owned by the Austrian Empire.
