Could anyone please help with id of this vessel and her precise location at the time? The pic was taken in May or June 1996 on the Romanian bank of the Danube.

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I think she is here - romanian city Giurgiu.
Some photo of this vessel:
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/8740138
http://www.panoramio.com/photo/7193082

Also I find this in :

http://paddlesteamers.awardspace.com/TudorVladimirescu.htm
http://www.danube-research.com/TVlad.htm

Taifoon, your photo is of the passenger steamer Tudor Vladimirescu, built in 1854 as a tug for DDSG and the oldest operating steamer in the world.

The original photo is of a tug, I thunk it was preserved near the Iron Gates as a museum. My reference books are in storage at the moment, but I think the name may have been Vaskapu, http://www.danube-research.com/histships.htm has some photos of Romanian paddlers

Yes, you're right - in http://www.paddleducks.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5551.msg29994#msg29994 paddle steamer "Tudor Vladimirescu".
And in http://www.paddleducks.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5551.msg29993#msg29993 may be the vessel from http://www.paddleducks.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=5551.msg29993#msg29993
In Google Maps her coordinates 43.884387,25.964615
I think it's the same vessel.

And some information about Vaskapu: http://www.hajoregiszter.hu/hajoadatlap/vaskapu_ex__erdap_ex_vaskapu_/2415/gyujtemenyek/8758#kepek