| Name: | LASCAR |
| Type: | Cargo Ship |
| Launched: | 19/10/1891 |
| Completed: | 12/1891 |
| Builder: | Wigham Richardson & Co |
| Yard: | Neptune Yard, Low Walker |
| Yard Number: | 252 |
| Dimensions: | 1729grt, 1101nrt, 2397dwt, 260.0 x 36.2 x 16.9ft |
| Engines: | T3cyl (20.5, 33 & 54 x 36ins), 175nhp |
| Engines by: | Wigham Richardson & Co, Low Walker |
| Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Reg Number: | 99025 |
| History: | |
| 12/1891 | George Tweedy & Co, London |
| 1893 | London Steamers Ltd ( P Wigham Richardson, manager), London |
| 1897 | Hungarian Levant Steamship Co Ltd, Fiume; renamed VASKAPU |
| 1904 | Russian Steam Navigation & Trading Co, Odessa; renamed VESTA |
| 1923 | Sadikzade Freres & Co, Constantinople; renamed IN EUNU |
| 1929 | Sadikzade Freres & Co, Constantinople; renamed INONU |
| 1934 | Vapurculuk Turk Anonia Sirketi, Istanbul; renamed TAS |
| 1936 | Devlet Denizyollari Isletmesi, Istanbul |
| 1937 | Deniz Bank Umum Mudurlugu, Istanbul |
| 1939 | TC Munakalat Vekaleti Delvet Denizyollari ve Limanlari Isletme UM, Istanbul |
| 1941 | Renamed TUNC |
| 1949 | Broken up |
| Comments: | Contract Price £23519-7s-9d; Loss £1446-16s-0d |
| 1903: Blew up while illegally transporting dynamite for Turkey | |
| 1904: Damaged ship sold to Russian owners | |
| 1949: Reported to be decommissioned & broken up at Istanbul |
Above image as VASKAPU is courtesy of Hajoregiszter
Above photo of damaged VASKAPU is courtesy of Hajoregiszter
Above photo as TUNC is courtesy of the Dogan Bayin Collection
Newcastle Daily Chronicle, Tuesday, 20/10/1891