Rahmi Kaptan was a ship that was built in 1873 as Honfleur by Aitken & Mansel, Glasgow for the London and South Western Railway.

She operated for a number of Turkish owners under the names Aidin, Aydin, Cihat, Demirhisar and Rahmi Kaptan, serving until c.2005.

[1] Honfleur was built as yard number 68 by Aitken & Mansel, Glasgow for the London and South Western Railway (LSWR).

[2] On 16 February 1875, Honfleur assisted in the rescue of the surviving passengers and crew of the LSWR ship Havre, which ran aground on the Platte Boue Rock, off Guernsey, Channel Islands.

[7] On 15 October 1891, she fell in with the Dutch steamship Prince Phillipe, which had lost her rudder off Beachy Head, Sussex, but was unable to render any assistance due to the weather.

[8] Honfleur assisted in the search for survivors from the LSWR ship Stella, which was wrecked on the Casquets on 30 March 1899.

[2] She was sold the next year to Navigation à Vapeur "Ionienne", Argostoli, Greece and was operated under the management of G Yannoulatos Frères.

[1] In 1916, she was sold to the French Navy and renamed Fauvette, entering service as a patrol vessel in 1917.

She was renamed Fauvette I in 1918 and was sold in 1920 to the Société Pêcheries à Vapeur, Marseille and operated under the management of Courou & Roussel.