HMS WATERWITCH

HMS WATERWITCH
built by Fairfield Govan,
Yard No 502
Engines by shipbuilder
Last Name: HALAS 71 (1990)
Previous Names: RESIT PASA (intended), BOSPHORUS No.71 (1923), HALAS (1954)
Port of Registry: Istanbul Turkey
Propulsion: Twin triple expansion. 2 x T3cy 101nhp 2scr
Launched: Saturday, 17/10/1914
Built: 1915
Ship Type: Ferry
Tonnage: 584grt 363nrt (1990: 339nrt)
Length: 161.0ft
Breadth: 26.0ft
Owner History:
Royal Navy
1923 Sirketi Hayriye - Bosphorus Steam Nav Co, Istanbul
195x Turkiye Denizcilik Isletmeleri, Istanbul
1985 Il-Tur Ileri Turizm ve Yat Isletmeleri AS, Istanbul
Status: Active - 2008

Remarks: Ordered by Turkish Government as RESIT PASA, taken over by Admiralty 11/1914 while building; served a dispatch vessel
Reported sold for breaking up in 1984
Resold for conversion to to excursion steamer and entered service in 1990.

Previous update by Colin Campbell
Photo supplied by Stuart Cameron
Previous update by George Robinson

Last updated: by David Asprey from the original records by Stuart Cameron


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