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Deutsche Reichsbahn Ferries (East Germany

East German Railways 1950-1989

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[Deutsche Reichsbahn Ferries 1950-1989 (East Germany)] image by Volker Moerbitz Keith, 7 Feb 2001

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Deutsche Reichsbahn Ferries

The East German railway company (Deutsche Reichsbahn Ferries) operated about ten ferries, connecting Rostock and Sassnitz with ports in Sweden and Denmark.
Flag: a white flag with the letters DR and the symbol of East German Railways - a blue/golden wheel with a wing - in center.
Volker Moerbitz Keith, 7 Feb 2001

Deutsche Reichsbahn Ferries (1959-1960)

[Deutsche Reichsbahn Ferries (1959-1960)] image by Eugene Ipavec, 11 Jan 2010

This GDR shipping page shows two further flags (about halfway, under �Eisenbahn - Trajekt - Fährschiffe der Deutschen Reichsbahn�):
First house flag, captioned �1959-1960 (only MS-Sassnitz)�, white field twice horizontally edged blue-white-blue, in the hoist a blue disk (fimbriated yellow) bearing yellow initials �DR� (serifed) with a NRY tricolour �wing� extending into the fly.  This tricolour has the shape of a parallelogram but the stripes do not actually touch.
Second house flag, captioned �from 1960 on, for all Reichsbahn ferries�: the tricolour has been replaced by three yellow stripes within, and separated by, grey holding lines.
�Sassnitz� refers to this East German ship.
Jan Mertens, 26 Dec 2009

Deutsche Reichsbahn Ferries (from 1960 on)

[Deutsche Reichsbahn Ferries (from 1960 on)] image by Eugene Ipavec, 11 Jan 2010