PS Schoenbrunn severely damaged after being hit by Avalon Tranquility river cruiser

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The 1912 built Schoenbrunn was at her berth in Linz when she was hit by the river cruiser, which was turning in the Danube at the time, and severely damaged. It is thought that the paddlesteamer will be out of action for at least 12 months after the accident yesterday. No injuries were reported on either vessel.

Photos can be found here..

http://www.mediabox.at/index.php?open_mid=412&show_shooting_complete=2069#shooting_2069

and here..

http://www.picturenews.at/Galerie/UNFALL-MIT-DONAUSCHIFF-SCHOeNBRUNN_66

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The paddlesteamer's website...

http://ships.galutschek.at/schoenbrunn/

She is a beauty, certainly hope she can be repaired :(

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Below is the view from the Linz webcam this morning of the paddlesteamer at her usual berth, clearly showing where she was hit by the river cruiser...

http://cms.ttg.at/webcams/portale/linz.at/index.php?target=imagedetail&imageurl=image.php%3Fcam%3D872688%26title%3D4c696e 7a202d2044465320536368f66e6272756e6e%26area%3D4210 %26size%3D3%26type%3D1%26image%3D31323438343230393 4372e6a7067%26stamp%3D31323438343232303839&kundenid=1392535&lasttarget=specials_camdetail2