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Name: ORKAN
Launched: 07/11/1958
Completed: 01/1959
Builder: T Mitchison Ltd, Gateshead
Yard Number: 89
Dimensions: 113grt, 0nrt, 85.0 x 24.7 x 10.5ft
Engines: 2 x Oil engines, 4SA, 6cyl (8.75 x 11.5ins), 990bhp
Engines by: Blackstone & Co Ltd, Stamfordham; engine nos 86003 & 86004
Propulsion: 1 x Screw, 11.0knots
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a
History:
01/1959 Government of Poland (Zarzad Portu Szczecin, managers), Szczecin
1963 Zarzad Portu Szczecin, Szczecin
No later history known
Comments: 07/11/1958: Lifted into the water by floating crane TITAN II
05/1987: Remains lying at Szczecin, with wheelhouse possibly burnt out
2010: No longer listed in registers


Above photo is copyright of the Laurence Dunn Collection

Above photo is courtesy of John Smith

Above: ORKAN (L) with wheelhouse bunt out. Photo by Andrzej Patro