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