GUZELHISAR
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:40 pm
Built as a ferry under yard No. 448 by Hawthorn, Leslie & Co. Ltd., Newcastle for Chirket I Hairie – Bosphorus SN Co., Istanbul.
Launched under the name BOSPHORUS No. 68. 13 sisterships all named BOSPHORUS No --
Tonnage 453 gross, 242 net, dim. 46.43 x 7.95 x 2.49m.
Two 3-cyl. triple expansion steam engines, manufactured by Wallsend Slipway Co. Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne. 440 ihp. Twin propellers.
Passenger capacity around 900 persons.
July 1911 delivered to owners.
Used in the ferry service across the Bosphorus.
Two of this ferries were sunk during World War I.
1945 Sold to T.C. Mûnakalat Vekâleti Devlet Denizyollari ve Limanlari Isletme U.M., Istanbul.
1952 Sold to Denizcilik Bankkasi T.A.O., Istanbul.
1954 renamed in GÛZELHISAR.
1986 Out of service, retained by the owners for use as a museum ship, and possible for future operation on charter for making films.
1988 Deleted from Lloyds Register.
A Google search did not give much more info on her, so most probably scrapped.
On Turkey 1989 1000li sg 3048, scott 2445.
Source: Mario Rosner. Steam Ships of Europe by Alistair Deayton. Register of Merchant ships completed
Launched under the name BOSPHORUS No. 68. 13 sisterships all named BOSPHORUS No --
Tonnage 453 gross, 242 net, dim. 46.43 x 7.95 x 2.49m.
Two 3-cyl. triple expansion steam engines, manufactured by Wallsend Slipway Co. Ltd., Wallsend-on-Tyne. 440 ihp. Twin propellers.
Passenger capacity around 900 persons.
July 1911 delivered to owners.
Used in the ferry service across the Bosphorus.
Two of this ferries were sunk during World War I.
1945 Sold to T.C. Mûnakalat Vekâleti Devlet Denizyollari ve Limanlari Isletme U.M., Istanbul.
1952 Sold to Denizcilik Bankkasi T.A.O., Istanbul.
1954 renamed in GÛZELHISAR.
1986 Out of service, retained by the owners for use as a museum ship, and possible for future operation on charter for making films.
1988 Deleted from Lloyds Register.
A Google search did not give much more info on her, so most probably scrapped.
On Turkey 1989 1000li sg 3048, scott 2445.
Source: Mario Rosner. Steam Ships of Europe by Alistair Deayton. Register of Merchant ships completed