SS Cap Tafelneh

History
Name
  • Sydney Lasry (1920–33)
  • Ariège (1933–38)
  • Cap Tafelneh (1938–40)
  • Carl Arp (1940–45)
  • Empire Chelmer (1945–46)
  • Cap Tafelneh (1946–50)
  • Kandilli (1950–57)
  • Kahraman Doğan (1957–75)
Owner
  • Compagnie Lasry (1920–31)
  • Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (1931–38)
  • Société Anonyme de Gérance et d'Armement, (1938–40)
  • German State (1940–45)
  • Ministry of War Transport (1945)
  • Ministry of Transport (1945–46)
  • Société Anonyme de Gerance et d'Armement, (1946–50)
  • Mustafa Nuri Andak (1950–57)
  • Nejat Doğan & Co (1957–72)
Operator
  • Joseph Lasry (1920–31)
  • Compagnie Générale Transatlantique (1931–38)
  • Société Anonyme de Gérance et d'Armement, (1938–40)
  • Heinrich F C Arp (1940–45)
  • Ministry of War Transport (1945)
  • Ministry of Transport (1945–46)
  • Société Anonyme de Gerance et d'Armement, (1946–50)
  • Mustafa Nuri Andak (1950–57)
  • Nejat Doğan & Co (1957–75)
Port of registry
  • France Oran (1920–38)
  • France Dunkirk (1938–40)
  • Nazi Germany Hamburg (1940–45)
  • United Kingdom London (1945–46)
  • France Dunkirk (1946–50)
  • Turkey Istanbul (1950–75)
BuilderBurntisland Shipbuilding Company Ltd
Yard number105
Launched3 March 1920
CompletedSeptember 1920
Out of service1940–41
Identification
FateScrapped 1972
General characteristics
Tonnage
  • 2,266 GRT (1920–38), 2,299 GRT (1938–72)
  • 1,410 NRT (1920–38), 1,399 GRT (1938–72)
  • 3,870 DWT (as built)
Length300 ft 6 in (91.59 m)
Beam43 ft 7 in (13.28 m)
Depth22 ft 7 in (6.88 m)
Installed power286 NHP
Propulsion3-cylinder triple expansion steam engine; single screw
Speed12.5 knots (23.2 km/h)
Notessister ship: Cap El Hank

Cap Tafelneh was a 2,266 GRT cargo ship which was built in 1920 by Burntisland Shipbuilding Company Ltd, Fife, Scotland. She was built for Joseph Lasry as Sydney Lasry. In 1931, she was sold to Compagnie Générale Transatlantique and renamed Ariège. In 1938 she was sold to Société Anonyme de Gerance D'Armement and renamed Cap Tafelneh. She was bombed and sunk at Dunkirk in 1940.

Salvaged by Germany, she was renamed after Carl Arp, a German landscape painter and representative of the Weimar Saxon-Grand Ducal Art School (Grossherzoglich-Sächsische Kunstschule Weimar). She was seized as a war prize at Hamburg in May 1945, passed to the Ministry of War Transport (MoWT) and renamed Empire Chelmer. She was returned to Société Anonyme de Gerance D'Armement in 1946 and regained her former name Cap Tafelneh. In 1950, she was sold to Mustafa Nuri Andak, Turkey and renamed Kandilli. In 1957, she was sold to Nejat Doğan & Co and renamed Kahraman Doğan. She served until 1975, when she was sold for scrapping.