''Cap Tafelneh'' was a

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which was built in 1920 by

Burntisland Shipbuilding Company The Burntisland Shipbuilding Company was a shipbuilder and repairer in Burntisland, Fife, Scotland that was founded in 1918. In 1969 it was taken over by Robb-Caledon Shipbuilders, which in turn was nationalised in 1977 as part of British Ship ...

Ltd,

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, Scotland. She was built for Joseph Lasry as ''Sydney Lasry''. In 1931, she was sold to

Compagnie Générale Transatlantique The Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (CGT, and commonly named "Transat"), typically known overseas as the French Line, was a French shipping company. Established in 1855 by the Péreire brothers, brothers Émile and Issac Péreire under the ...

and renamed ''Ariège''. In 1938 she was sold to Société Anonyme de Gerance D'Armement and renamed ''Cap Tafelneh''. She was bombed and sunk at

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in May 1945 and passed to the

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(MoWT) and renamed ''Empire Chelmer''. She was returned to Société Anonyme de Gerance D'Armement in 1946 and regained her former name ''Cap Tafelneh''. In 1950, she was sold to Mustafa Nuri Andak,

Turkey Turkey ( tr, Türkiye ), officially the Republic of Türkiye ( tr, Türkiye Cumhuriyeti, links=no ), is a list of transcontinental countries, transcontinental country located mainly on the Anatolia, Anatolian Peninsula in Western Asia, with ...

and renamed ''Kandilli''. In 1957, she was sold to Nejat Doğan & Co and renamed ''Kahraman Doğan''. She served until 1975, when she was sold for scrapping.

Description

The ship was built by Burntisland Shipbuilding Co Ltd, Burntisland, as yard number 105. She was launched on 3 March 1920, and completed in September 1920. As built, the ship was long, with a beam of and a depth of . She had a GRT of 2,266 and a NRT of 1,410. Her DWT was 3,870. The ship was propelled by a

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which had cylinders of diameter by stroke. The engine was built by Cooper & Greig Ltd,

Dundee Dundee (; sco, Dundee; gd, Dùn Dè or ) is Scotland's fourth-largest city and the 51st-most-populous built-up area in the United Kingdom. The mid-year population estimate for 2016 was , giving Dundee a population density of 2,478/km2 or ...

. It could propel the ship at .

History

''Sydney Lasry'' built for the Compagnie Lasry,

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. She was registered on 23 May 1920. She was completed in September 1920. Her port of registry was Oran, under the

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and the

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OUAG were allocated. ''Sydney Lasry'' was renamed ''Ariège'' in 1933. She was sold to the

in December 1934. Her code letters were changed to FNUA in 1934. On 5 December 1934, ''Ariège'' was the first ship to enter port at Safi, Morocco. In March 1938, ''Ariège'' was sold to

Société Anonyme de Gérance et d'Armement The Rothschild Bank founded the Société Anonyme de Gérance et d'Armement (also known by its acronym SAGA) in 1919 for the management of French state-owned ships. History In 1920, SAGA operated the coal fleet of the Compagnie des Chemins de Fer ...

and renamed ''Cap Tafelneh''. Her port of registry was changed to

Dunkirk Dunkirk (french: Dunkerque ; vls, label=French Flemish, Duunkerke; nl, Duinkerke(n) ; , ;) is a commune in the department of Nord in northern France.Luftwaffe The ''Luftwaffe'' () was the aerial-warfare branch of the German ''Wehrmacht'' before and during World War II. Germany's military air arms during World War I, the ''Luftstreitkräfte'' of the Imperial Army and the '' Marine-Fliegerabtei ...

air raid on Dunkirk. She was refloated on 13 May 1941. Salvaged by Germany, after repairs she was placed under the management of Heinrich F C Arp,

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. She was renamed ''Carl Arp''. In May 1945, ''Carl Arp'' was seized as a war prize at Hamburg. Ownership was passed to the MoWT and she was renamed ''Empire Chelmer''. In 1946, she was returned to Société Anonyme de Gerance et d'Armement and regained her former name ''Cap Tafelneh''. In 1950, she was sold to Mustafa Andi Nurak,

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and renamed ''Kandilli''. In 1957, she was sold to Nejat Doğan & Co, Istanbul and renamed ''Kahraman Doğan''. She served until 1972. ''Kahraman Doğan'' was sold for scrap, arriving at

Haliç The Golden Horn ( tr, Altın Boynuz or ''Haliç''; grc, Χρυσόκερας, ''Chrysókeras''; la, Sinus Ceratinus) is a major urban waterway and the primary inlet of the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey. As a natural estuary that connects with t ...

on 24 April for demolition.

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