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 Romania seized the German DTG inland tug Pregel with a horsepower
of 150 hp.
Source
Reports
of International Arbitral Awards. Navigation on the Danube, 2 August 1921,
volume 1. UN, 2006. 
