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Monday, 25 March 2019

Motor tug under construction at Freudenau, Austria according to a CIA report dated 28 November 1952

An item reported that at the shipyard at Freudenau, Austria on the slipway the hull of a vessel with a length of 30 metres was sighted. Probably this was to become a motor tug of which the hull was to be transported towards Korneuburg, Austria for placing the machinery.(1)

Note
1. Austria was after the Second World War divided by the Allies in four zones including a Soviet one, regaining full independence on 15 May 1955.

Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP82-00457R014900400006-1