History:
This is the RPD Ludwig II. of the RFL, part of the royal Friedichsburg passengership fleet.
Orginally the ship was build by Drash2005 under the name SS Potsdam in 1892. After a few years it is been sold to the Preußischer Kaiser Lloyd. A small refit began im some parts of the ship but because of other bigger projects and to less money, the owner sold it to the RFL.
The ship has been renamed to the Bavarian king Ludwig the second and also got the name Aruna, the name of a oceangod of the old orient. It crossed the atlantic ocean a few times before it became a new route to the german colonies in africa and the orient. In the great war it waited for becomming a warship ... it never happend. After the great war it started his career as a cruiseship before the 'Schwarze Reichswehr' bought it and send it on a mysterious mission. The ship never came back.
Design:
The design of this ship is based on the SS Potsdam of Drash2005. Some parts of the ship are inspired by some castles of Ludwig II. of Bavaria like Hohenschwangau, Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee, and some more. Also some impressions of colonial houses of Deutsch-Süd-West-Afrika.
This is the RPD Ludwig II. of the RFL, part of the royal Friedichsburg passengership fleet.
Orginally the ship was build by Drash2005 under the name SS Potsdam in 1892. After a few years it is been sold to the Preußischer Kaiser Lloyd. A small refit began im some parts of the ship but because of other bigger projects and to less money, the owner sold it to the RFL.
The ship has been renamed to the Bavarian king Ludwig the second and also got the name Aruna, the name of a oceangod of the old orient. It crossed the atlantic ocean a few times before it became a new route to the german colonies in africa and the orient. In the great war it waited for becomming a warship ... it never happend. After the great war it started his career as a cruiseship before the 'Schwarze Reichswehr' bought it and send it on a mysterious mission. The ship never came back.
Design:
The design of this ship is based on the SS Potsdam of Drash2005. Some parts of the ship are inspired by some castles of Ludwig II. of Bavaria like Hohenschwangau, Neuschwanstein, Herrenchiemsee, and some more. Also some impressions of colonial houses of Deutsch-Süd-West-Afrika.
