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Name: BOSPHORUS NO 59
Type: Ferry
Launched: 18/10/1906
Completed: 12/1906
Builder: Armstrong, Whitworth & Co
Yard: Low Walker
Yard Number: 787
Dimensions: 327grt, 166nrt, 135.2 x 24.1 x 9.6ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (10, 15 & 25 x 18ins), 74nhp
Engines by: AG Mumford Ltd, Colchester
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Steel
Reg Number:
History:
12/1906 Chirket-Hairie (Bosphorus Steam Navigation Co), Istanbul
1952 Denizcilik Bankasi TAO, Istanbul
1954 Renamed KAMER
09/1964 Broken up
Comments: 09/1964: Broken up at Halic, near Istanbul


Above photo is copyright of Tyne & Wear Museums

Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Saturday, 20/10/1906