Damaged by bombs during WW2, she was repaired by the British as a patrol boat.

In 1951 her original 25hp Jastram engine was replaced with a Jastram KRW 3, three-cylinder, four-stroke, 55kW unit with a Jastram Konus 1:1 gearbox driving a three-blade propeller. Jastram engines were widely used for Alster ships because of their reliability.

Aue was converted in 1960 in Holland and retired from regular service in 1990. In 1998, facing scrapping, she was declared an historic monument and restored by the Hamburg employment group Jugend in Arbeit at the Johnk Shipyard, with financial help from supporters.

The vessel was gutted and her hull cleaned and restored.

The propeller shaft and engine were then overhauled with the old 1951 Jastram engine presenting a particular problem because few parts were still available or in working order. Finally Jugend in Arbeit restored the interiors of the Aue , which has now rejoined Hamburg's AlsterTouristik Gesellschaft (ATG) for service on the Alster and city lakes.

Relatively lower and shorter than the other ships now serving in the ATG Alster fleet, she is more flexible on the river's smaller canals, where the ATG is now creating a special tour route for her.

Aue draws 1.42m and displaces 33m 3. She has a top speed of 14.5kms/hour.