Moin Andreas
The Haftourist is still at the old shipyard in Wischhafen. It used to be there I could not photograph it at that time, there were still two dogs running around the yard. That was too tricky for me then.

Best regards
Eckhard

Pieter, you were faster :-)

Hi Andi, sad sight but nevertheless a great photo. Do you know what happened to her? I only found some general info:

- She's a former torpedo recovery vessel of GDR's Volksmarine, type "Sperber" Project 539.
- Built by VEB Yachtwerft Berlin-Köpenick as the second vessel in a series of four.
- 25,90 m x 4,45 m x 1,15 m; 14-16 knots; crew of 6
- All four were commissioned on August 25th, 1958.
- Her pennant number was F 2 (the vessels never had names).
- Decommissioned on July 15th, 1968
- In 1969 she was converted into a passenger vessel and renamed "Hafftourist"... then???

Cheers,
Jens

Thank you - interesting history

Built 1958 as SPERBER 2, East-German navy torpedo-target-trainingsvessel, in 1970 rebuilt as passengership STADT DEMMIN, later HAFFTOURIST.
See also (in German): http://www.ddr-binnenschifffahrt.de/foto-passagier-fb-kueste.htm (and search for Hafftourist).