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AYDIN-REIS gunboats (1913/1920)

Aydin-Reis 1920

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Айдин-Рейс [Aydin-Reis] (ex-Aydin Reis), 12.1920- Луч Востока [Luch Vostoka], 2.1921- №12 [No12]     A C de St-Nazaire, Penhoët, France 1911 6.1912 1913 // summer 1920 to Turkey 5.1921 (Aydin Reis)
Превеза [Preveza] (ex-Preveze), 12.1920- Восставший [Vosstavshiy], 2.1921- №13 [No13]     A C de St-Nazaire, Penhoët, France 1911 1.1912 1913 // summer 1920 to Turkey 5.1921 (Preveze)

 

Displacement normal, t

503

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

54.3

Breadth, m

8.50

Draught, m

2.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, 3 boilers

Power, h. p.

1025

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

coal

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

2 x 1 - 100/45 M1893, 2 x 1 - 47/40 M1885, 2 x 1 - 7.5/80

Complement

75

Project history: Turkish gunboats transferred as a "gift" to Russia to avoid capture by English-French intervention forces.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: After intervention both ships were returned to Turkey.

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