Nora 1879

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Name:	NORA
Type:	Yacht
Launched:	21/12/1879
Completed:	12/1879
Builder:	Charles Mitchell & Co
Yard:	Low Walker
Yard Number:	392
Dimensions:	339grt, 219nrt, 176.8 x 26.1 x 13.4ft
Engines:	CI2cyl (25 & 45 x 27ins); 75nhp; (1966: Oil engine, 2SA, 6cyl (320 x 480mm), 485bhp)
Engines by:	R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle; (1966: VEB Schwermasch "Karl Liebknecht", Magdeburg)
Propulsion:	1 x Screw
Construction:	Iron
Reg Number:	94507
History:
12/1879	Jean Baptiste Perrett, Marseille
30/05/1888	Donald Horne Macfarlane, Southampton; renamed HIAWATHA
1892	Archibald Wiliam Montgomerie, Irvine (Earl of Eglington & Winton)
1892	James Douglas Baird, Glasgow
1909	William Baird, Elie
1910	William Rice, Southampton
1910	Camper & Nicholson Ltd, Southampton
1910	Max Schultz, Southampton
1910	H Hiller & W Lang, Hamburg; renamed CLARA
1913	Noel Pemberton Billing, London; renamed HIAWATHA
1915	REV James Ltd, Southampton; renamed POLYGON
1915	Vincent Stephen Emanuel Grech, London
1916	Renamed LA VALETTE
1917	Henry Mulleneaux Grayson, Liverpool
1917	The Ocean Salvage Co Ltd, London; renamed LA VALETTE
1918	Restyled Salvage & Towage Co Ltd, London
1923	Restyled The Ocean Salvage Co Ltd, London
1930	Philip Charles Cecil Vail, Istanbul
1930	TurkGemi Kurtarma Anon Sirketi, Istanbul
1932	Renamed LAVALET
1935	Renamed AKBAS
1938	Deniz Bank Turk Gemi Kurtarma, Istanbul
1944	Devlet Denizyollari ve Limanlari Turk Gemi Kurtarma, Istanbul
1952	DB Gemi Kurtarma Isletmesi, Istanbul
1966	Sultan Kurt ve Ort at Istanbul; renamed YENI GUNDOGDU
1980	Haslamanlar Gemicilik, Istanbul
1984	Tahir Kose ve Ortaklari, Istanbul; renamed B. KARTAL
1993	Ali Tonbayoglu, Istanbul
	No later history known

Comments:	1916: Converted into a salvage vessel / tug
	1917 to 1919: On Admiralty service as a salvage vessel
	1966: Converted into a cargo ship & re-engined
	2005: Discarded