Built as a cargo vessel under yard No. 308 by Furness Withby, West Hartlepool, U.K. for the Hamburg Amerika Linie, Hamburg.
20 January 1908 launched under the name FRANKENWALD.
Tonnage 3.750 gross, 2.391 net, dim 107.59 x 13.77 x 7.97m
One 3-cyl. triple expansion steam engine, 359 nhp, speed 10 knots. The engine was manufactured by Richardson West Garth & Co., Hartlepool.
Two decks.
1919 Ceded after World War I to France.
1920 Sold to Cie. De Navigation Paquet, Marseille renamed TADLA.
1934 Sold to Sosyete Vapurculuk Turk Anonim Sirketi, Istanbul renamed in TARI.
1936 Sold to Denizyollari Idaresi, Istanbul, not renamed.
1938 Sold to “Denizbank”-Denizyollari Idaresi, Istanbul.
1940 Sold to T.C. Mûnakalât Vekâleti Devlet Denizyollari Islemet U.M., Istanbul.
1952 Sold to Denizcilik Bankasi, T.A.O., Istanbul.
1966 Sold for breaking up.
1967 Broken up by Omer Karahmetoghu at Istanbul-Halic. Work commenced on 17 March 1967.
On Turkey 1989 600li sg 3047. scott 2444.
Source: Register of Merchant Ships completed in 1908. Merchant Fleets in profile Vol 4 by Duncan Haws