&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Mainz_(ship,_1929)_001.jpg) The Mainz in August 1970 at Rüdesheim am Rhein in the valley
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| History | |
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| Name | Mainz |
| Way number | until 1981: Europe No.: 4200360 |
| Launched | January 17, 1928 |
| Completed | June 4, 1929 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Paddle steamer |
| Length | 83.62 m (274 ft 4 in) |
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| Propulsion | 2-cylinder hot steam composite machine |
| Crew | 1790 |
Mainz is a side-wheel paddle steamer for the Lower and Middle Rhine built in 1928/1929 for the Steamship Company for the Lower and Middle Rhine (DGNM), which was used by the Cologne-Düsseldorfer German Rhine Shipping in scheduled service on the Rhine. She was the thousandth ship completed by the shipyard Christof Ruthof and also the last paddle steamer built for the Köln-Düsseldorfer. The Mainz survived World War II as the only ship of the shipping company that was able to sail, but was then so badly damaged in an accident on June 12, 1956 that the hull had to be rebuilt. Due to the high need for repair and refurbishment, the Köln-Düsseldorfer decommissioned the passenger ship after the 1980 summer season.
After the donation to the Gesellschaft zur Förderung des Deutschen Rheinschiffahrtsmuseum Mannheim, the excursion steamer was converted into an exhibition ship. Since October 17, 1985, it has been firmly anchored as the Museum Ship Mannheim below the Electoral Palatinate Bridge on the Neckar. It houses a permanent exhibition of the Technoseum on the history of inland navigation.