Cikaran

Career
Name:	HMDYC Moorstone 1919-51; Kurtaran 1951-62; Cikaran 1962-present
Operator:	Royal Navy 1919-51; M.Azmi Alpmen 1951-62; M.Taviloglu 1962-present[1]
Port of registry:	Royal Navy; Istanbul
Builder:	Bow, McLachlan & Co,[1] Paisley, Scotland
Yard number:	380[1]
Launched:	1919[1]
In service:	1919[1]
Status:	in service as of 2003[1]
General characteristics
Class and type:	Moor class
Type:	mooring & salvage tug[1]
Tonnage:	459 tons GRT[1]
Length:	139 ft 5 in (42.49 m)[1]
Beam:	29 ft 1 in (8.86 m)[1]
Installed power:	triple expansion steam engine
Propulsion:	screw[1]

Cikaran is a Moor class mooring and salvage tug. Bow, McLachlan and Company of Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland built her for the Royal Navy, who commissioned her as HMDYC Moorstone in 1919.^[1] In 1948 she was decommissioned and in 1951 she was sold to civilian owners in Turkey who renamed her Kurtaran.^[1] In 1962 she was sold again and her new owners named her Cikaran.^[1] She was still in service in 2003.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} Cameron, Stuart; Asprey, David. "HMDYC Moorstone". Clyde-built Database. http://www.clydesite.co.uk/clydebuilt/viewship.asp?id=12960. Retrieved 2011-05-22.