Esra was built at the Chatham (England) Naval Shipyard in 1888 and served for a period as a steam pinnace on an unspecified cruiser of the Royal Navy. Later, she was converted into a gasoline-powered excursion boat and used on inland waters. Purchased by Rahmi M. Koç in 1988 as a wreck, she was ... read more
Despite much research, the origins of GONCA (which means “Rosebud”) are shrouded in mystery. She was built in a Northern European shipyard probably between 1907 and 1909. Identification marks showed that she had an engine manufactured in Britain. Turkish naval historians, referring to Ottoman na... read more
The Admiral’s Barge (or Pinnace), built in 1905 for the Royal Navy, was the first “bell funnel” barge with diesel power. The barge served HMS RODNEY, HMS NELSON and HMS HOOD in 1941 when the latter was sunk by the BISMARCK. For the remainder of the war, she served as a Flag Officer barge in Ma... read more
Built in 1873 as DEN BRIEL, she was a steam tug for the Dutch Ministry of War, serving the Torpedo Corps in Brielle, Holland, until 1922. Sold several times to various owners and badly damaged by Allied aircraft on the River Maas in 1944, she was rescued from scrapping and renamed the ROSALIE in 1... read more
Class: Tench Submarine Launched: July 7, 1944 At: Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Portsmouth, New Hampshire Commissioned (USN): October 13, 1944 Decommissioned (USN): July 20, 1946 Modified: 1953 (Guppy IIA) at Charleston, South Carolina Commissioned (USN): October 2, 1953 (as Guppy IIA) Decommiss... read more
Class: ST Army Tug Launched: 1944 At: Continental Shipbuilding, Brooklyn, NY Length: 86 feet Beam: 24 feet Draft: 11 feet Gross Tonnage: 141.3 tons Engine: 650 hp Clark diesel Address: Rahmi M. Koç Museum Hasköy Cad. No: 27 Hasköy 34445 Istanbul, Turkey Tel: +90 212 369 6600 Fax... read more