History | |
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Name: | Moorstone 1919-51; Kurtaran 1951-62; Çıkaran 1962-present |
Operator: | Royal Navy 1919-51; M.Azmi Alpmen 1951-62; M.Taviloglu 1962-present |
Port of registry: | |
Builder: | Bow, McLachlan & Co,Paisley, Scotland |
Yard number: | 380 |
Launched: | 1919 |
In service: | 1919 |
Identification: |
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Status: | in service as of 2003 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type: | Moor class |
Type: | mooring & salvage tug |
Tonnage: | 459 tons GRT |
Length: | 139 ft 5 in (42.49 m) |
Beam: | 29 ft 1 in (8.86 m) |
Installed power: | triple-expansion steam engine |
Propulsion: | screw |
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. In 1948, she was decommissioned and, in 1951 she was sold to civilian owners in Turkey, who renamed her Kurtaran. In 1962, she was sold again and her new owners named her Çıkaran. She was still in service in 2003.