M/V KEBAN / TCCV
TURKISH DB CARGO LINES
D.B. DENIZ NAKLIYAT T. A. S.









M/V Keban at Istanbul Haydarpasa port in early 1990s.


Built in 1971 at Trogir Bradogradiliste Jozo Lozovina Mosor shipyards, Yugoslavia.
Grt/Net/Dwt : 8.750/5.213/13.035
L/B/D : 154.2/19.8/9.5 m.
Engine: Diesel, 9800 hp. Speed : 18 knots, single screw.
Sold to private sector Jan. 1995, renamed Gokhan Kalkavan. Broken up at Chittagong 3.10.96

Sister ships :
Aras
Dicle
Firat
Gediz
Meric 

Six sister ships, all named after rivers were ordered to Yugoslavian ship builders in late 1960s to renew the ageing fleet of DB Cargo Lines.

M/V Keban pictured in Salipazari port in mid 1970s. This port had later been limited to passenger ships only.
Photograph is taken from an old commercial of DB Cargo, photographer is unknown.


Anchored off Besiktas, 1976.