Çıkaran

History
Name: Moorstone 1919-51; Kurtaran 1951-62; Çıkaran 1962-present
Operator: Royal Navy 1919-51; M.Azmi Alpmen 1951-62; M.Taviloglu 1962-present[1]
Port of registry:
Builder: Bow, McLachlan & Co,[1] Paisley, Scotland
Yard number: 380[1]
Launched: 1919[1]
In service: 1919[1]
Identification:
  • IMO number 5072773; call sign TCCI
  • [2]
Status: in service as of 2003[1]
General characteristics
Class & type: Moor class
Type: mooring & salvage tug[1]
Tonnage: 459 tons GRT[1]
Length: 139 ft 5 in (42.49 m)[1]
Beam: 29 ft 1 in (8.86 m)[1]
Installed power: triple-expansion steam engine
Propulsion: screw[1]

Çıkaran is a Moor-class mooring and salvage tug. Bow, McLachlan and Company of Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland built her for the Royal Navy, who commissioned her as HMDYC Moorstone in 1919.[1] In 1948, she was decommissioned and, in 1951 she was sold to civilian owners in Turkey, who renamed her Kurtaran.[1] In 1962, she was sold again and her new owners named her Çıkaran.[1] She was still in service in 2003.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Cameron, Stuart; Asprey, David. "HMDYC Moorstone". Clyde-built Database. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
  2. ↑ "Cikaran". Shipping Data. Retrieved 2011-05-22.
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