Name: | MUREFTE |
Type: | Ferry |
Launched: | 14/11/1940 |
Completed: | 01/1941 |
Builder: | Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd |
Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 1674 |
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: | 165805 |
History: | |
17/01/1941 | Government of Turkey - Turkish Navy |
19/09/1941 | Sank |
Comments: | 17/01/1941: Registered to the UK Government at Newcastle for the delivery voyage |
19/09/1941: Shelled & sunk by Italian submarine TOPACIO, 70 miles SW of Beirut | |
On her delivery voyage to Turkey under the British flag |
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