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SCHWERIN (German Railways b
SCHWERIN (German Railways b

SCHWERIN (German Railways b

postcard, 5.5" x 3.5", 140mm x 90mm

Product information

postcard by Julius Simonsen, no. 37811, 

not posted, vmf. back slightly grubby, 

5.5" x 3.5", 140mm x 90mm (approx)

our ref: SRH491

pictured at Warnemunde

SCHWERIN (Deutsche Reichsbahn)

Train ferry built 1926 by F. Scichau, Elbing, as Schwerin for the Warnemunde-Gedser route. On 20th February 1944 she was bombed and sunk at Rostock. Raised in 1945 and given to the Soviet Union as war reparations but too badly damaged to be repaired and broken up at Rostock in 1951.

Technical specifications

Brand: Julius Simonsen
Condition: Used
Product Code: SRH491e

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