OUTSTANDING! Istanbul Thankyou very much for taking the time to answer. A lot more
info than I had hoped to get.

Also, have you found anything on GAZZE?

Respectfully,

Joe R

Hi Everyone,

HALEP was a side paddle steamer built in 1904 by Howaldtswerke for the German company ANADOLU-BAGDAT Railroad Co. Halep had two sister ships, Baghdad and Basra.
Could some member of this great forum provide technical data and ship histories for these three ships?

Respectfully,
Joe R

From an old thread posted by Igorr on Warsailors.com titled Re: Ships sunk by Russian Naval Forces in the Black Sea 1914-1917. dated January 28 2010. "22.4.15 GNEVNYI and PRONZITELNYI sunk in Eregli 2 steamships KYZYLYRMAK and GUZEL GIRIT and one between Eregli and Kozlu (MORNA)." Note: Da...

Gazze=Selamet?? Or maybe I missed something.

Joe R

Istanbul, Thank you for taking the time to answer. Much obliged. So it appears that both ships survived the war without a scratch or bruise. The "fog of war" is a real curse to history. But moving on. GAZZE a Turk ship was sunk on 5 May 1915. Do you have specifications for that ship? Build...

Thanks for that data. Now, how did those two ferries meet their end? Let me take a guess. Both sunk in a collision. Both sunk in a storm. Scuttled at the appearance of German destroyer, Both mined. Sunk because of internal explosions. I'm delighted to see that you're very amenable to sharing the ext...

Istanbul, copied verbatim from Turkish site, 25 SELAMET: In 1870, England, Maudslay 50ns & paddle steamer as was done in the Fields passenger bench. Was 109 gross tons, the boat was wooden. Length of 31.7 meters, width of 5.4 meters,the water sector was the 2.3metr. Maudslay made were compound 9...

Moin Urs, DANKE for taking the time to answer my query. I was tickled that a noted scholar on WWII German S Boats from THE German forum would answer me. Unfortunately, it didn't help. I'll rephrase my question. Which one or two Russian ships were responsible for sinking the two Turkish ferry boats? ...

From a Turkish language site on the internet (yes,I know), two ships were sunk by Russian surface vessels on 7 March 1915. The 2 ships were the AZIMET #23 and the SELAMET #25 ferry boats owned by Sirket-i Hariye but requisitioned by the Turkish Navy. Which Russian craft destroyed them, where sunk an...

Istanbul, Thanks for taking the time to find an answer. Wrecksite and Clydeships list the ship, the one that
is not a Turkish word. Must have been lost in translation.

Respectfully,

Joe R

Are Iskondar and Uskudar the same ship? https://www.clydeships.co.uk/view.php?year_built=&builder=&ref=16351&vessel=CRAIGFORTH and see Istanbul's message from Feb.18. They sure look like identical twins to me Except for how and where "Craigforth" was sunk. Besides Uskudar menti...

Merci Maurice Thank you! For me its Christmas in February. The problem is not the List. The problem is the three difficult languages to learn with funny alphabets. Russian (Cerilic) Turk,no formal language rules pre revolution, and of course English. Also three different calendars lunar, Julian and ...

Thank-you Istanbul for your thorough answer. Small addition, "One Officer and two privates had became martyrs. Thank god, nothing happened to others." source: Binbasi Nazmi Bey -Canakkale Deniz Savaslari Gunlugu s 61-62. It is not clear to me whether the casualties occured on USKUDAR or RE...

Here are some more possibilities.
Australdale
Australia
Australian-UK
Australian-French
Australier-Belgian
Australind

All, I believe fit the time period 1900-1920

What might help is a stamp collector to decode the
cancellation mark.

Hope this helps and doesn't complicate the matter.

Joe R

name Official number Flag IMO BELMONT 98630 GBR Year built Date launched Date completed 1891 29/04/1891 Vessel type Vessel description Cargo Steel Sailing Vessel 3 Masted Barque Builder Yard Yard no Russell & Co, Port Glasgow Bay Yard 262 Tonnage Length Breadth Depth Draft 1528 grt / 1415 nrt / ...