S/S MUSTAFA

S/S MUSTAFA / TCVM SADIKZADE RUŞEN OĞULLARI

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.............................................................. Erdem Yurtseven in the radio room of s/s Mustafa . Foreign trip to U.K. and Sweden - 1954

.............................................................. The radio equipment seen in the picture : starting from left is the goniometer with round dial, connected
to the direction finder receiver at the corner ( Marconi 579 ). Next is the main receiver ( Marconi CR-300),
then partially seen device may be the emergency receiver. In front of the receivers, reached by the operator
is a straight Morse key. Transmitters are not seen in the picture, but from the rest of the rig, it seems probable
to have an Oceanspan as the main one,for medium and high CW (telegraph only) frequencies.

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.............................................................. My special thanks to Mr. Allen Hawker who is the originator of this long sought picture and to Mr. Brian Probetts on whose British - Merchant - Navy ( www.merchant-navy.net) site the photograph was found.

.............................................................. s/s Mustafa was built in 1923, she was 4,184 grt. Her former name was Pendeen. She was purchased by the
Turkish owners Sadıkzade Ruşen Oğulları in 1954, was scrapped in the early 1960s. She was replaced by a newer ( 1946 bt. )ship in 1962, always named Mustafa and carrying the same call sign TCVM.

.............................................................. Copies of few telegrams survived from the radio room of s/s Mustafa, two of which are posted below. Here are some details we gather from those messages that bring us back half a century old memories:

.............................................................. A Partial Log

Nov. 16/1954 02:00.........................- Mataban psd. Speed 6 knots because of bad quality bunkers ( coal).
Nov. 21/1954 morning.....................- Bizerte psd. Waiting instructions for bunkering from main office.
Nov. 26/1954 morning.....................- Arrived Gibraltar for 250 tons bunkers.
Nov. 29/1954 morning.....................- Instructions : 1^st. disch. port Avonmouth. Agents : Mark Whitwill Son.
Dec. 01/1954 morning.....................- Gale. Anchored Finister on the 4^th day.
Dec. 06/1954 06:00.........................- Biscay psd.
Dec. 07/1954 morning.....................- Gale. Anchored Falmouth.
Dec. 11/1954 morning.....................- Gale over, arrived Avonmouth.
Jan. 03/1955 noon...........................- Arrived Liverpool.
Jan. 24/1955 noon...........................- Engine trouble. Anchored Dungeness.
Jan. 25/1955 05:00..........................- Tug arrived Dungeness anchorage to tow to Dover for repairs.
Feb. 04/1955..................................- Eta Limhamn / Sweden.

.............................................................. Looking at the above excerpt of the voyage , not only we see two gales in one week, low speeds and towing of an old lady for repairs but may be more importantly for the young sailors who wanted to see the world, incredibly long port times ; twenty days in Avonmouth, another twenty in Liverpool !

.............................................................. TELEGRAMS

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.............................................................. GLD - Land's End Radio thru which the above message was sent, had terminated Morse communications by
the end of 1990s, like Porthishead Radio and many other coast stations around the world.

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.............................................................. Here is how the above text reads :

" MAIN LOWER BEARING BROKE AS THE SHAFT DROPPED FROM ITS LINING STOP
SHAFT AND CRANK BEARINGS OVERHEATED BECAUSE OF THRUST BEARING METAL WEAR
COULD NOT CONTINUE SAILING UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES ANCHORED DUNGENESS 12:00
STOP CABLED ALDORA "

.............................................................. Handwritten notes tell that the message was relayed charge free ( QSP ) by TCGF to TCR and from there to
the final destination TAH. TCGF was the call sign of S/S ÖDEMİŞ, TCR was the private radio station of Turkish Maritime Bank and Turkish Cargo Lines and TAH is the call sign of Istanbul Radio, still active in modes other than Morse.
In parallel to technological developments the relay activity between ship and coast stations would be used less frequently in later years. From the frequency used between the two ships we understand that they were close to each other,hences/s Ödemiş, at the time might be within a 100 miles radius of Dover.

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..............................................................	Erdem Yurtseven in the radio room of s/s Mustafa . Foreign trip to U.K. and Sweden - 1954
..............................................................	The radio equipment seen in the picture : starting from left is the goniometer with round dial, connected to the direction finder receiver at the corner ( Marconi 579 ). Next is the main receiver ( Marconi CR-300), then partially seen device may be the emergency receiver. In front of the receivers, reached by the operator is a straight Morse key. Transmitters are not seen in the picture, but from the rest of the rig, it seems probable to have an Oceanspan as the main one,for medium and high CW (telegraph only) frequencies.
..............................................................
..............................................................	My special thanks to Mr. Allen Hawker who is the originator of this long sought picture and to Mr. Brian Probetts on whose British - Merchant - Navy ( www.merchant-navy.net) site the photograph was found.
..............................................................	s/s Mustafa was built in 1923, she was 4,184 grt. Her former name was Pendeen. She was purchased by the Turkish owners Sadıkzade Ruşen Oğulları in 1954, was scrapped in the early 1960s. She was replaced by a newer ( 1946 bt. )ship in 1962, always named Mustafa and carrying the same call sign TCVM.
..............................................................	Copies of few telegrams survived from the radio room of s/s Mustafa, two of which are posted below. Here are some details we gather from those messages that bring us back half a century old memories:
..............................................................	A Partial Log Nov. 16/1954 02:00.........................- Mataban psd. Speed 6 knots because of bad quality bunkers ( coal). Nov. 21/1954 morning.....................- Bizerte psd. Waiting instructions for bunkering from main office. Nov. 26/1954 morning.....................- Arrived Gibraltar for 250 tons bunkers. Nov. 29/1954 morning.....................- Instructions : 1^st. disch. port Avonmouth. Agents : Mark Whitwill Son. Dec. 01/1954 morning.....................- Gale. Anchored Finister on the 4^th day. Dec. 06/1954 06:00.........................- Biscay psd. Dec. 07/1954 morning.....................- Gale. Anchored Falmouth. Dec. 11/1954 morning.....................- Gale over, arrived Avonmouth. Jan. 03/1955 noon...........................- Arrived Liverpool. Jan. 24/1955 noon...........................- Engine trouble. Anchored Dungeness. Jan. 25/1955 05:00..........................- Tug arrived Dungeness anchorage to tow to Dover for repairs. Feb. 04/1955..................................- Eta Limhamn / Sweden.
..............................................................	Looking at the above excerpt of the voyage , not only we see two gales in one week, low speeds and towing of an old lady for repairs but may be more importantly for the young sailors who wanted to see the world, incredibly long port times ; twenty days in Avonmouth, another twenty in Liverpool !
..............................................................	TELEGRAMS
..............................................................
..............................................................	GLD - Land's End Radio thru which the above message was sent, had terminated Morse communications by the end of 1990s, like Porthishead Radio and many other coast stations around the world.
..............................................................
..............................................................	Here is how the above text reads : " MAIN LOWER BEARING BROKE AS THE SHAFT DROPPED FROM ITS LINING STOP SHAFT AND CRANK BEARINGS OVERHEATED BECAUSE OF THRUST BEARING METAL WEAR COULD NOT CONTINUE SAILING UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES ANCHORED DUNGENESS 12:00 STOP CABLED ALDORA "
..............................................................	Handwritten notes tell that the message was relayed charge free ( QSP ) by TCGF to TCR and from there to the final destination TAH. TCGF was the call sign of S/S ÖDEMİŞ, TCR was the private radio station of Turkish Maritime Bank and Turkish Cargo Lines and TAH is the call sign of Istanbul Radio, still active in modes other than Morse. In parallel to technological developments the relay activity between ship and coast stations would be used less frequently in later years. From the frequency used between the two ships we understand that they were close to each other,hences/s Ödemiş, at the time might be within a 100 miles radius of Dover.