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Name: ERTUGRUL also seen as ERTHOGROAL
Type: Yacht
Keel: 11/07/1903
Launched: 30/12/1903
Completed: 07/05/1904
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard: Elswick
Yard Number: 747
Dimensions: 900disp, 260.0 x 27.5 x 15.0ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (17, 27 & 42 x 24ins), 2500ihp
Engines by: R & W Hawthorn Leslie, Newcastle
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 18.3knots
Construction: Steel
Armament: 8 x 1 x 3pdr guns
History:
07/05/1904 Government of Turkey
1953 Broken up
Comments: 1904: Sultan's yacht
1919: Laid up at Constantinople
1924: President's yacht
1937: Decommissioned
1953: Sold at Istanbul for breaking up
Presidential cabin is preserved in the Navy Museum at Istanbul


Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums

Above photo is courtesy of Osman Öndeş

Above photo is courtesy of Osman Öndeş

Above photo is courtesy of Osman Öndeş

Above photo is courtesy of Osman Öndeş

Above photo is courtesy of Osman Öndeş

Above photo is courtesy of Osman Öndeş

Above photo of ERTUGRUL, laid up at Halic Shipyard, is courtesy of Osman Öndeş

Lloyd's List, Thursday, 31/12/1903