SS Kurtuluş
SS Kurtuluş | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Turkey | |
| Name | SS Teşvikiye (1924–1930), SS Bülent (1930–1934), SS Kurtuluş (1934–1942), also see register below |
| Builder | Caird & Purdie Shipyard in Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England |
| Launched | 8 May 1883 |
| In service | 1883 |
| Out of service | 20 January 1942 |
| Homeport | Istanbul |
| Fate | Sank on 20 January 1942 off Marmara Island |
| General characteristics | |
| Length | 75.5 m (247 ft 8 in) |
| Capacity | 2,735 |
SS Kurtuluş was a Turkish cargo ship which became famous for her humanitarian role in carrying food aid during the famine Greece suffered under the Axis occupation in World War II. She sank on 20 February 1942 in the Sea of Marmara during her fifth voyage from Istanbul, Turkey to Piraeus, Greece. In Turkish, kurtuluş means "liberation".