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Hi,

I´m looking for information on turkish merchant shipping in World War 2.
Are there any sources on them? Like registers or lists?

Thank your

Regards

Darius

Hi Darius,

Look at Lloyd's register of shipping from 1939 to 1945 on the net

Regards

Hi Jordi,

yes, it is. Thank you.

There is also a section in "Merchant Fleets Of The World 1939" - quite 2 pages long.

Regards

Darius

I have two books ralating to the Turkish merchant navy

Bayram Camci, Cezmi Zafer, Sürkü Yaman
"Türk Deniz Ticareti ve Türkiye Denizcilik Isletmeleri Tarihcesi"
Istanbul 1994 & 1999 2 volumes
no ISBN

Eser Tutel
"Seyr-i Sefari. Öncesi ve Sonrasi"
Istanbul 2006 (3rd edition)
ISBN 975-470-539-1

Moreover there were some nice books on companies

Eser Tutel
"Sirket-i Hayriye"
Istanbul 1994
ISBN 975-470-420-1

Ahmet Güleryüz
"Yandan Carkildan Günümüze. Istanbul Vapurali. Istanbul Ferries"
Istanbul 2005
ISBN 975-00051-2-0

Ahmet Güleryüz & Hande Yüce
"Bogazici Vapurlari. The Bosphporus Steamers of the >Siret-i Hayriye"
Instanbul 2002
ISBN 975-92685-1-2

Hello Andreas,

thank you for these additions.

Regards

Darius

Hello Darius,

What informations you are looking for? Any specific vessels?

Regards,
Jochen

Hi Jochen,

not yet. I also wanted to get an overview on the operations / movements - and of course losses / connections to actions of allied or axis forces.

Regards

Darius

Is there any reliable source which would provide the daily movement of Turkish vessels in the Aegean?

Hello,

I have never come across any source of daily movements of Turkish vessels or overview along the coast lines during my researches. I am willing to supply informations concerning specific vessels which were lost, but can`t offer more.

Following this thread, I'm looking for data about the Turkish merchant and military navies in the Black Sea during WW2, so if there's some info in English (or Russian, French, German), I'd be glad to read it!