41. While moving through the Kiel Canal , he had 47 of the crew of the, who were seen as the ringleaders, imprisoned. 42. Cuxhaven is home to an important fisherman's wharf and ship registration point for Hamburg as well as the Kiel Canal until 2008. 43. The much larger ships that could navigate the Kiel Canal meant that, although situated inland, Rendsburg became a seaport and a dockyard. 44. Besides its two sea entrances, the Kiel Canal is linked, at Oldenb�ttel, to the navigable River Eider by the short Gieselau Canal. 45. The Baltic Sea is linked to the White Sea by the White Sea Canal and to the North Sea by the Kiel Canal . 46. A further beyond Lexf�hre is the junction with the short Gieselau Canal, which provides a navigable link to the Kiel Canal at Oldenb�ttel. 47. Maximum length for ships passing the Kiel Canal is; with the maximum width of these ships can have a draught of up to. 48. The Eider therefore provides an alternative route from the North Sea to the Kiel Canal , avoiding the tides of the estuary of the Elbe. 49. However, Tirpitz did say that the Navy wanted to wait until the Kiel Canal was ready in summer 1914 before any war could start. 50. The lower part of the Eider was used as part of the Eider Canal until that canal was replaced by the modern Kiel Canal .
