Built under yard no 476 by Sir Raylton Dixon & Co., Ltd. Middlesbrough for the Imperial Direct West India Mail service., Ltd. (Elder, Dempster & Co.), Bristol.
09 Nov. 1900, launched under the name PORT ROYAL , (named after Port Royal in Jamaica, I presume)
Tonnage 4.455 gross, 2.847 net. Dim. 112.83 x 14.17 x 6.7m.
Two triple expansion steamengines, manufactured by Richardsons, Westgarth & Co., Middlesbrough, 799 nhp., speed 14 knots. Twin screws.
Passenger accommodation for 100 first and 50 2nd class.
March 1901 delivered to owners in the Avonmouth-West Indies service.
1911 Sold to Hadji Ibrahim Mani Zade at Constantinople, renamed MIDHAT PACHA (all my sources give this name and not MITHAT PASA.
The same year sold to Administration de Nav. & Vapeur Ottomane, (Turkish Government) Constantinople, not renamed.
Used as a naval transport, and operated in the Black Sea between the coastal garrisons of Constantinople and Trabzon.
07 Nov. 1914, (other source gives 06 Nov.) shelled and sunk by a Russian warship near Eregli, Zonguldak in the Black Sea, while bound for Constantinople, which at that time was under Russian blockade.
Turkey 2001 300.00L sg?, scott
Sources Merchant Fleets Elder Dempster Lines by Duncan Haws. Register of Merchant Ships completed in 1901.