S/F KARAMURSEL
AND VIEWS FROM BOSPHORUS.

S/F KARAMURSEL, Istanbul 1971. Built in 1956 /Camialtı Istanbul; 957 gr/ 202 net tons; L/B/D: 67.8 / 16 / 3.7 m ; Engine : Refitted two triple expansion steam engines of two old ships s/s Bagdat and s/s Basra, 1000 Hp each, built by Howaldts Werke dating 1904. Two aft and two fore total of four screws placed sideways. A modest 7 knots speed with a capacity of 50 cars and 125 passengers (Source of Data : Eser Tutel ,Seyr-i Sefain,pp.251,1997 ).


Anchorage off old port. Two passenger ships and probably M/V Mimar Sinan to their left are in foreground. Navy gray ships behind are unknown. - 1971



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