sl_laboe

First Engine. Steamengine built by Howaldtswerke. 650 ihp.
March 1907: Delivered to Neue Dampfer Compagnie, Kiel, Germany as a sea going steamtug.
1914 - 1918. In German Navy.
23/6 1929: Delivered after rebuilding to motor tug (6-cyl, Fried. Krupp AG diesel. 890 bhp).
June 1939: Registered for Kieler Verkehrs AG, Kiel, Germany.
3/9 1939: Requisitioned by the German Navy.
Dec. 1941: New main engine fitted. (6-cyl, KHD diesel. 900 bhp).
1943. Rebuild in Kiel.
Oct. 1944: Used as Pilotship in Kiel.
1946: Registered for Kieler Verkehrs AG, Kiel, W.Germany.
1947 - 1948. Rebuild and lengthened at Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel. (Dim: 40,18 x 7,93 x 3,76 m. Grt 480).
29/12 1948: Redelivered to Kieler Verkehrs AG, Kiel, W.Germany as a passengership.
1949. In traffic Kiel - Kappeln.
1951. In traffic at Flensburger Bay.
1952 - 1959: During wintertime laid up as a floating hotell in Kiel.
1952. On T/C to Skandinavisk Linjetrafik Copenhagen, Denmark. In traffic Copenhagen - Landskrona.
March 1959: On T/C to Viking Baadena, Denmark. In traffic Copenhagen - Landskrona/ Helsingborg.
15/11 1961: Sold to Wiking Reederei & Schiffahrts G.m.b.H, Hamburg, W. Germany.
19/11 1961: Renamed KNUD VIKING.
Nov. 1961: In traffic Havnegade (Copenhagen) - Landskrona.
1970: Laid up in Copenhagen.
9/7 1972: Gutted by fire and heavely damaged she sunk in the harbour of Copenhagen.
Later refloated and scrapped by Larsen, Petersen & Folsgaard, Copenhagen.

Off.no:	Build: 1907	Shipyard: Howaldtswerke AG, Kiel, Germany
Dwt:	Grt: 257
Speed: 12,5 knots		Dim: 34,26 x 7,93 x 3,84 m.