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Monday 5 September 2011

Turkish survey vessel Aydin Reis 1912-



Still in service during the Second World War. Launched at St. Nazaire, France in June 1912 and converted in 1924 into a survey vessel. With a displacement of 502 tons were her dimensions 178½' x 27 5/6'x 8'. The triple expansion engines and Babcock boilers supplied 1,025 ihp allowing a speed of 14 knots. She was unarmed.