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Wednesday 12 June 2019

The Romanian Sovromtransport diesel tug Horia according to a CIA report dated 26 February 1953

An item reported the Romanian at the Galati shipyards in 1948 built diesel tug Horia with 600hp horsepower and 2 screws and now rented by the DDSG for monthly around 90.000 shillings. She served on the Danube between Vienna and Austria stating every three months at Vienna during 2-3 days.

Note
1. Sovromtransport or Societatea de Navigatie Soveto-Romana was a Soviet-Romanian shipping company existing between 14 July 1945 and September/October1954 and then became the Romanian government owned company Navrom.

Source
The report was published on www.archive.org, document number CIA-RDP80-00810A000400050008-7