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Name: LODORE launched as TANGIER
Type: Cargo Ship
Launched 12/09/1878
Completed: 10/1878
Builder: J Wigham Richardson & Co
Yard: Neptune Yard, Low Walker
Yard Number: 113
Dimensions: 656grt, 408nrt, 815dwt, 200.2 x 28.3 x 14.0ft
Engines: C2cyl (26 & 46 x 30ins), 99nhp
Engines by: J Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 9.0knots (trials)
Construction: Iron
Reg Number: 80555
History:
27/10/1879 Fisher Renwick & Co, Newcastle
1896 Nav Orientale, Syrna (P Pantaleon, managers); renamed URANA
1913 Renamed OURANA
1921 Navigation Pantaleon, Syra; renamed SMYRNI
1929 Arslan Sadikzade; renamed KEMAL
1936 Government of Turkey - Denizyollari Isletmesi, Istanbul
1938 Government of Turkey - Denizbank, Istanbul
1952 Government of Turkey - Denizcilik Bankasi TAO, Istanbul
06/1954 Hulked
Comments: 12/09/1878: Launched as TANGIER for JP Smith, Liverpool
10/1879: Took nearly a year to find a new owner
1936: Over the next 18 years she was operated by various Government departments
06/1954: Sold and hulked at Istanbul