Name: | NORA |
Launched: | 21/12/1879 |
Completed: | 1880 |
Builder: | Charles Mitchell & Co, Low Walker |
Yard Number: | 392 |
Dimensions: | 339grt, 219nrt, 176.8 x 26.1 x 13.4ft |
Engines: | CI2cyl (25 & 45 x 27ins), 75nhp |
Engines By: | R & W Hawthorn, Newcastle |
Propulsion: | 1 x Screw |
Construction: | Iron |
Reg Number: | n/a; (1888: 94507) |
History: | |
1880 | Jean Baptiste Perrett, Marseille |
1888 | Donald Horne Macfarlane;registered at Southampton; renamed HIAWATHA |
1892 | Archibald Wiliam Montgomerie, Irvine (Earl of Eglington & Winton) |
1892 | James Douglas Baird, Glasgow |
1909 | William Baird, Elie |
1910 | William Rice, Southampton |
1910 | Camper & Nicholson Ltd, Southampton |
1910 | Max Schultz, Southampton |
1910 | H Hiller & W Lang, Hamburg; renamed CLARA |
1913 | Noel Pemberton Billing; registered at London; renamed HIAWATHA |
1915 | REV James Ltd, Southampton; renamed POLYGON |
1915 | Vincent Stephen Emanuel Grech, London |
1916 | Re-registered at London; renamed LA VALETTE |
1917 | Henry Mulleneaux Grayson, Liverpool |
1917 | The Ocean Salvage Co Ltd, London; renamed LA VALETTE |
1918 | Restyled Salvage & Towage Co Ltd, London |
1923 | Restyled The Ocean Salvage Co Ltd, London |
1930 | Philip Charles Cecil Vail, Istanbul |
1930 | TurkGemi Kurtarma Anon Sirketi, Istanbul |
1932 | Renamed LAVALET |
1935 | Renamed AKBAS |
1938 | Deniz Bank Turk Gemi Kurtarma, Istanbul |
1944 | Devlet Denizyollari ve Limanlari Turk Gemi Kurtarma, Istanbul |
1952 | DB Gemi Kurtarma Isletmesi, Istanbul |
1966 | Sultan Kurt ve Ort at Istanbul; renamed YENIGUNDOGDU |
1980 | Haslamanlar Gemicilik, Istanbul |
1982 | Broken up |
Comments: | 1880: Built as a yacht |
1916: Converted to a salvage vessel | |
1917 to 1919 on Admiralty service | |
1966: Convered to a cargo ship |
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