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