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Name: BOSPHORUS NO 68
Type: Ferry
Launched: 20/05/1911
Completed: 07/1911
Builder: R & W Hawthorn Leslie & Co Ltd
Yard: Hebburn
Yard Number: 448
Dimensions: 453grt, 226nrt, 152.3 x 26.1 x 10.3ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (10.75, 16 & 26 x 18ins), 88nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
07/1911 Chirket-Hairie (Bosphorus Steam Navigation Co), Istanbul
1944 Government of Turkey
1952 Denizcilik Bankasi TAO, Istanbul; renamed NO 68 GUZELHISAR
1993 Rahmi Koç, Istanbul
2011 Government of Turkey
2011 Broken up
Comments: 1984: Retired, the last steamer from the old Bosphorus Steam Navigation Co
1986: For disposal
Berthed in the Golden Horn with intention to be preserved as a museum
1993: Taken for restoration to the RMK shipyard at Tuzla by Rahmi Koç
However funding could not found and she rotted away even further
2011: Broken up at Tuzla


Photo of No 67 or No 68 is courtesy of Norman Dunn

Above photo as GUZELHISAR is courtesy of RMK Museum Istanbul

Above photo as GUZELHISAR is copyright of Martin Penwright

Above photo as GUZELHISAR is copyright of Wow Turkey

Above photo as GUZELHISAR is copyright of Wow Turkey

Above photo as GUZELHISAR is copyright of Wow Turkey