Ship Details
Glenlyon (II) 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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