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MS Karadeniz
New –
Including the MV Izmir & her sisters
From the Ata Bilgili collection
The Karadeniz
and her slightly younger sister Akdeniz were the larger ships of the five and
were 8,809
Karadeniz seen in 1956, a looks a solid
and a sturdy ship!
*¹ A. Duncan photo from the author’s private collection
Karadeniz had
a pair of M.A.N. diesel engines and sailed at a respectable service speed of
18.s knots. Although the Akdeniz was the first to be delivered in December
1955, the Karadeniz followed by her sister within months in 1956 and commenced
service on the North and
For details of
her public rooms, and cargo capacity etc, as well as her specifications, I
suggest that you visit Page One of this four page Turkish Maritime
feature: You will find the link located at the INDEX at the bottom of this page.
A
fine black and white shot of the Karadeniz
*¹ A. Duncan photo from the author’s private collection
Sadly, in 1984
MV Karadeniz suffered a fire in her engine room whilst she was at
Photographs
I
believe that this is a postcard, and the name of Karadeniz was removed to make
it a suitable
one to be sold on both ships – the
enlargement clearly shows the name Karadeniz
From the Ata Bilgili collection
A
fine photograph of the Karadeniz
Photograph by & © Ali-Bozoglu
– www.wowTURKEY
MV Ezmir
MS Izmir the 1stiof three smaller sister ships
*¹ Author’s
private collection
In this item I
will concentrate on the MV Izmir. Sadly she collided with SS Howell Lykes whilst in
Here
we see the
Photograph by & © Hurol Hekimbasi
Photograph by & © Hurol Hekimbasi
1969 MV Izir Sailing schedule
From the collection of Björn
Larsson
www.timetableimages.com/maritime/index.htm
Postcard
of the MV Izmir
From the Ata Bilgili collection
MV Ege
This image was taken from a rather
blurred postcard, but better
something than nothing!
From the Ata Bilgili collection
Photograph by & © Hurol Hekimbasi
Specifications:
Built by: A.G.
Weser Shipyards, Bremenhaven
Tonnage: 6,049
Length: 402ft
Width: 54ft
Draught: 19ft
Engines: Single M.A.N. Diesel Engine
Screws: One
Speed 14 knots
Passengers: 4 deluxe, 68 First Class
72 Second Class
332
Tourist
The 1969 schedule seen above and below is from the Ata
Bilgili collection
For interest,
the bow shown on the cover of this brochure is one of the Companies older ships
the 1950 Italian built SS Iskenderun. She and her sister SS Samsun were 6,570
& 6,543
A postcard of the SS Iskenderun
Author’s collection
Page
One
Page
Two
Page
Three
Page
Four
Page
Five
From a brochure from the Ata Bilgili collection
Page One … The history of MS
Akdeniz and the early days of MS Karadeniz
Page Two … Interior
photographs taken in June 2006 and other images
Page Three … Photographs
by Peter Knego taken of Akdeniz in 1998
Page Four … Photographs
and details of MS Karadeniz
Page Five ... NEW – A superb page packed full of photographs of the
ships interiors taken by Dr.Ata Bilgili
whilst she has been at anchor as an accommodation vessel
New Page … Two fine Turkish ships SS
Iskenderun and
New Page … MS Pasabahce is a remarkable 1955 built Turkish all steel ferry and it is now in need of saving!
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