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Name: TITAN
Launched: 28/1/1899
Completed: 05/1899
Builder: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Yard Number: 189
Dimensions: 617grt, 19nrt, 158.0 x 32.1 x 16.1ft
Engines: 2 x T3cyl (20, 33 & 54 x 33ins), 442nhp
Engines By: JP Rennoldson & Sons, South Shields
Propulsion: 2 x Screws
Construction: Steel
Reg Number: n/a; (IMO: 5037929)
History:
05/1899 Cie Universelle de Canal Maritime de Suez; registered at Port Said
05/1899 Also known as TITAN NO 98
1956 Company re-styled as Suez Canal Authority, Ismailiah
1958 Renamed BATAL
1991 Broken up
Comments: 1991: Broken up at Port Said


Above photo is copyright of South Tyneside Libraries

Above photo is copyright of South Tyneside Libraries

Above photo is courtesy of Jaap Bijl

Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey

Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey. TITAN is moored behind the front tug

Above photo is courtesy of David Asprey

Shields Daily Gazette, Friday, 12/05/1899