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