German coaster Fritz Raabe (1968)

The German coaster Fritz Raabe photographed by Skyfotos in 1968. My restoration and digital hand colorization of the original B/W image in the Finnish Maritime Museum archive (finna.fi). The ship is probably on its way to the UK loaded with Finnish timber.

 

I found this information by Matthias Böckenhauer on a FB page:

"The coastal motor vessel "FRITZ RAABE" was delivered in 1951 by the Flensburg-based engineering firm Johannsen & Sörensen (hull number 110) to the shipping company "Hera" Schifffahrt- & Transport GmbH, Flensburg, as the "MARIA ALTHOFF" (US: DJDL). It had a gross tonnage of 297, net tonnage of 143, and a deadweight tonnage of 425. In June 1954, the ship was lengthened and its height increased by the Nobiskrug shipyard, now measuring 398 GRT, 252 net tonnage, and 630 deadweight tonnage. It was based in Bremen in August 1963. In 1957, it was transferred to the Fritz Raabe shipping company, Bremen, and renamed "FRITZ RAABE." In 1970, it was sold at auction to Ireland."

 

PS

Ian Wilson added:

She became the Kilcrea registered Cork and was scrapped at Dublin in 1986.

Done