The steamer "GEORG MAHN" was built in 1893 at the Neptun shipyard in Rostock. Paul Vick was the ship's captain from 1911. Captain Vick had this portrait of the ship painted by Henry Mohrmann in 1913. The "GEORG MAHN" was given various names during her time in service and sank in 1942 as the "KLAUS OLDENDORFF" after hitting mines in the Gulf of Finland.