MV Rahmi Kaptan
1873 ship / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Honfleur (disambiguation) and Chrysalis (disambiguation).
Rahmi Kaptan was a ship that was built in 1873 as Honfleur by Aitken & Mansel, Glasgow for the London and South Western Railway. She was sold to Greece in 1911 and renamed Chrysallis then Chrysalis. She was sold to the French Navy in 1917 and served as the patrol vessel Fauvette, later Fauvette I. In 1924, she was sold to Turkey and renamed Ihsanie. She operated for a number of Turkish owners under the names Aidin, Aydin, Cihat, Demirhisar and Rahmi Kaptan, serving until c.2005.
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Route | Southampton - Channel Islands - France (1873–1911) |
Builder | Aitken & Mansel |
Yard number | 68 |
Launched | 20 November 1873 |
Completed | February 1874 |
Maiden voyage | 16 February 1874 |
In service | 13 February 1874 |
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Fate | Scrapped |
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Tonnage | 426 GRT, 325 NRT (as built) |
Length | 176 feet 4 inches (53.75 m) (1873–1935) |
Beam | 24 feet 1 inch (7.34 m) (1873–1935) |
Depth | 12 feet 3 inches (3.73 m) (1873–1935) |
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Propulsion | Single screw propeller |
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