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Name: BOSPHORUS NO 67
Type: Ferry
Launched: 29/04/1911
Completed: 06/1911
Builder: R & W Hawthorn, Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 447
Dimensions: 453grt, 226nrt, 152.3 x 26.1 x 10.3ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (10.75, 16 & 26 x 18ins), 88nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
06/1911 Chirket-Hairie (Bosphorus Steam Navigation Co), Istanbul
1944 Government of Turkey
1952 Denizcilik Bankasi TAO, Istanbul; renamed NO 67 KALENDER
1989 Broken up
Comments: 1981: Hulked
1989: Broken up at Tuzla


Photo of No 67 or No 68 is courtesy of Norman Dunn

Above: The starboard engine of No 67
Photo is courtesy of RMK Museum Istanbul

The builders plate from No 67
Photo is courtesy of RMK Museum Istanbul