RAGBET
Posted: Sun Oct 12, 2008 4:42 pm
Built as a ferry under yard No 788 by Armstrong, Withworth & Co., Ltd., Newcastle for Chirket I Hairie (Bosphorus SN Co.), Istanbul.
Launched under the name BOSPHORUS No 60.
Tonnage 328 gross, 166 net, dim. 135.2 x 24.1 x 7.10ft (draught)
Powered by two triple expansion steamengines, manufactured by A.G. Mumford Ltd., Colchester. 370 ihp.
Passenger capacity about 500.
February 1907 delivered.
Used as a ferry on the Bosphorus.
1928 Transferred to Sirketi Hayir, Istanbul.
1945 Sold to T.C. Munakâlet Vekâleti Devlet Denizyollari ve Limanlari Isletme U.M., Istanbul.
1952 Sold to Denizcilik Bankasi, T.A.O., Istanbul.
1954 renamed by owners in RAGBET.
1966 Out of service.
April 1967 broken up by Talat Bayram at Halic, Istanbul.
On Turkey 1989 300li sg 3046, scott 2443.
Source: Register of Merchant Ships completed in 1907. Mario F Rosner
Launched under the name BOSPHORUS No 60.
Tonnage 328 gross, 166 net, dim. 135.2 x 24.1 x 7.10ft (draught)
Powered by two triple expansion steamengines, manufactured by A.G. Mumford Ltd., Colchester. 370 ihp.
Passenger capacity about 500.
February 1907 delivered.
Used as a ferry on the Bosphorus.
1928 Transferred to Sirketi Hayir, Istanbul.
1945 Sold to T.C. Munakâlet Vekâleti Devlet Denizyollari ve Limanlari Isletme U.M., Istanbul.
1952 Sold to Denizcilik Bankasi, T.A.O., Istanbul.
1954 renamed by owners in RAGBET.
1966 Out of service.
April 1967 broken up by Talat Bayram at Halic, Istanbul.
On Turkey 1989 300li sg 3046, scott 2443.
Source: Register of Merchant Ships completed in 1907. Mario F Rosner