Bosphorus No 68 1911

TYNE BUILT SHIPS

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Name:	BOSPHORUS NO 68
Type:	Ferry
Launched:	20/05/1911
Completed:	07/1911
Builder:	R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard:	Hebburn
Yard Number:	448
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:
07/1911	Chirket-Hairie (Bosphorus Steam Navigation Co), Istanbul
1944	Government of Turkey
1952	Denizcilik Bankasi TAO, Istanbul; renamed NO 68 GUZELHISAR
1993	Rahmi Koç, Istanbul
2011	Government of Turkey
2011	Broken up

Comments:	1984: Retired, the last steamer from the old Bosphorus Steam Navigation Co
	1986: For disposal
	Berthed in the Golden Horn with intention to be preserved as a museum
	1993: Taken for restoration to the RMK shipyard at Tuzla by Rahmi Koç
	However funding could not found and she rotted away even further
	2011: Broken up at Tuzla

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

Above photo as GUZELHISAR is courtesy of RMK Museum Istanbul