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Thursday, 25 June 2020

Romanian barge SRD 54 active in the Danube and Black Sea area in 1943

With his letter dated 4 July 1943 sent the representative for Romania of the Erste Donau-Dampfschiffahrts-Gesellschaft to the German Reichskommissar für Seeschiffahrt a list of the Romanian and Greek lower Danube type barges. The barges could after being fitted out for sea annex coastal service be used for military and economical shipping towards the Ukraine. Already were 95 barges hired by the D.D.S.G. The barges mentioned on the list were in hands of Romanian companies. Owned by the Societatea Anonimă Română de Navigaţiune pe Dunăre (SRD). Romania-flagged, 1st class, built in 1906, carrying capacity 1.475 (river)-1.090 (sea) tons.

Source
High Command of the Kriegsmarine. Case 213. Source

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