Ship Details

Soker

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Photo Credit: Osman Ondes

 
 
Registry #1 168483 (UK) Registry #2 Registry #3
IMO# MMSI# VRN#
 
Name 1 1943 Fort Glenlyon Name 6
Name 2 1950 Glenlyon (II) Name 7
Name 3 1959 Soker Name 8
Name 4 1964 M. Eregli Name 9
Name 5 Name 10
 
Year Built 1943 Place Vancouver Area BC Country Canada
 
Designer (nk) Measurement (imp) 424.7' x 57.2' x 34.9'
Builder West Coast Ship Builders Ltd. Measurement (metric) ?m x ?m x ?m
Hull Steel Displacement
Gross Tonnage Type 1 Freighter
Registered Tonnage Type 2
Engine Triple expansion 3-cylinder steam engine Engine Manufacture (nk)
Repower Propulsion Screw
Rebuilds Call Sign
Pendant  # Masters
 
Owner(s)
In 1943 she was registered at London UK. In 1943 she was owned by the Ministry of War Transport (H. M. Thomson), London UK. In 1950 she was owned by H. M. Thomson, London UK. In 1959 she was owned by Ilhami Soker, Istanbul Turkey. In 1963 she was owned by Cerrahogullari Umumi Nakliyat Vapurculuk ve Ticaret, Istanbul Turkey.
 
Fate Registry closed Date 0000-00-00
 
Named Features
Significance of Name
 
Anecdotes
In 1967 this vessel was broken up at Istanbul Turkey.
 
References
http://www.mariners-l.co.uk/FortA.html; Heal, S.C. (1999); Lloyd's Register 1955/6, Vol. 1; Email (Osman Ondes, Turkish Marine Historian 25/11/2019);
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