SS Üsküdar
| History | |
|---|---|
| Turkey | |
| Name | SS Üsküdar |
| Operator |
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| Builder | F. Schichau Shipyard, Elbing, Germany |
| Launched | 1927 |
| In service | 1927–March 1, 1958 |
| Fate | Sank, March 1, 1958 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Passenger ferry |
| Tonnage | 148 gross register tons (GRT) |
| Length | 33 m (108 ft) |
| Beam | 6.60 m (21.7 ft) |
| Draft | 2 m (6.6 ft) |
| Propulsion | 3 × steam engines, 350 shp (260.99 kW) |
| Speed | 8 knots (15 km/h; 9.2 mph) |
| Capacity | 344 passengers |
| Crew | 10 |
SS Üsküdar was a small passenger ferry built in Germany for the Turkish company Şirket-i Hayriye and launched in 1927. She sank in lodos weather on March 1, 1958, in the Gulf of Izmit. The accident killed 272 people on board including seven crew, 39 survived the incident.