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Name: CEYLAN
Type: Passenger Cargo Ship
Launched: 13/08/1907
Completed: 12/1907
Builder: Swan, Hunter & Wigham Richardson Ltd
Yard: Wallsend
Yard Number: 793
Dimensions: 8214grt, 5128nrt, 483.0 x 56.6 x 33.4ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (25.5, 43 & 70 x 48ins), 679nhp
Engines by: Wallsend Slipway Co Ltd, Wallsend
Propulsion: 2 x Screws, 14.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
12/1907 Cie Française de Navigation à Vapeur Chargeurs Réunis, Le Havre
03/1934 Broken up
Comments: Accommodation for 60 x 1st and 72 x 2nd Class passengers
Built for the company's service to the Far East & "round the world" service
23/08/1914: Requisitioned as a troop transport
24/10/1914: Registered as a hospital ship
1914: Stationed at Dunkirk as a typhoid hospital for 600 x patients
1915: Repatriated wounded from Salonika & Moudros to Toulon
16/01/1916: Returned to owners
21/03/1934: Arrived at La Spezia for breaking up
03/1934: Broken up by SA Cantiere di Portovenere


Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo is courtesy of Photoship

Above photo, as a hospital ship, is courtesy of Photoship

Lloyd's List, Wednesday, 14/08/1907