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GAELIC PRINCE / RHEINFELS / BAHIO CASTILLO

BUILT IN 1917 BY SHORT BROTHERS OF SUNDERLAND, FOR THE PRINCE LINE, A VESSEL OF 6,506 TONS. SHE WAS SOLD TO HANSA LINE IN 1929 ( DEUTSCHE DAMPS ) AND RE-NAMED "RHEINFELS" . SHE WAS   SOLD TO THE HAMBURG SOUTH AMERIKA LINE IN 1939, SOME STRUCTURAL ALTERATIONS CARRIED OUT, ALL FOUR FORWARD DERRICK POSTS WERE REMOVED. IN 1940 SHE WAS TORPEDOED BY THE BRITISH SUBMARINE HMS NARWHAL, AND SHE WAS TOWED TO KIEL AND BROKEN UP.

 

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