| Name: | LASCAR |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 19/10/1891 |
| Completed: | 12/1891 |
| Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 252 |
| Dimensions: | 1729grt, 1101nrt, 2397dwt, 260.0 x 36.2 x 16.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (20.5, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 175nhp |
| Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 99025 |
| History: | |
| 12/1891 | George Tweedy & Co, London |
| 1893 | London Steamers Ltd ( P Wigham Richardson, manager), London |
| 1897 | Hungarian Levant Steamship Co Ltd, Fiume; renamed VASKAPU |
| 1904 | Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Co, Odessa; renamed VESTA |
| 1923 | Sadikzade Freres & Co, Constantinople; renamed IN EUNU |
| 1929 | Sadikzade Freres & Co, Constantinople; renamed INONU |
| 1934 | Vapurculuk Turk Anonia Sirketi, Istanbul; renamed TAS |
| 1936 | Devlet Denizyollari Isletmesi, Istanbul |
| 1937 | Deniz Bank Umum Mudurlugu, Istanbul |
| 1939 | TC Munakalat Vekaleti Delvet Denizyollari ve Limanlari Isletme UM, Istanbul |
| 1941 | Renamed TUNC |
| 1949 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Contract Price £23519-7s-9d; Loss £1446-16s-0d |
| 1903: Blew up while illegally transporting dynamite for Turkey | |
| 1904: Damaged ship sold to Russian owners | |
| 1949: Reported to be decommissioned & broken up at Istanbul |
Above image as VASKAPU is courtesy of Hajoregiszter
Above photo of damaged VASKAPU is courtesy of Hajoregiszter
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Tuesday, 20/10/1891