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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
Port of registry:
Builder: Bow, McLachlan & Co,Paisley, Scotland
Yard number: 380
Launched: 1919
In service: 1919
Identification:
  • IMO number 5072773; call sign TCCI
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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.


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