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Name: LAPSEKI
Type: Ferry
Launched: 15/10/1940
Completed: 12/1940
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 1670
Dimensions: 691grt, 265nrt, 180.0 x 40.2 x 10.9ft
Engines: T3cyl (12, 19 & 31 x 21ins), 132nhp
Engines by: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Propulsion: 1 x Screw
Reg Number: 165803
History:
06/01/1941 TC Munakalat Vekaleti Devlet Denizyollari Isletme UM, Turkey
03/1942 Government of Turkey - Turkish Navy
No later history known
Comments: 1940: Delivery to Turkey carried out under British Flag
06/1941: British Royal Navy service prior to delivery to Turkey
1983: Decommissioned from Turkish Navy


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