Asar-i Şevket 1870
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Asar-i Şevket (ex-Kahira) | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France | 1867 | 1868 | 3.3.1870 | stricken 1903 | ||
| Necm-i Şevket (ex-Muzaffer) | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France | 1867 | 1868 | 3.3.1870 | barrack vessel 1909 |
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Displacement normal, t |
2047 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
61.9 pp 66.4 oa |
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Breadth, m |
13.0 |
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Draught, m |
5.00 |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 HC, 4 rectangular boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
Asar-i Şevket: 1750 Necm-i Şeket: 1900 |
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Max speed, kts |
12 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 300 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armour, mm |
iron; belt: 152 - 114, battery: 114, barbette: 114 |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 229/14 Armstrong 12.5-ton MLR, 4 x 1 - 178/16 Armstrong 6.5-ton MLR |
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Complement |
170 |
Project history: Small iron-hulled ironclads, completed in 1869, brig-rigged and with a ram bow and a single funnel. Amidships there was a central box battery, with 4 178mm Armstrong ML, surmounted by a single 229mm 12.5t Armstrong ML in a centreline barbette mounted between the mainmast and the funnel and training 100° on each beam. The hull had a double bottom, but was very lightly built. They were originally ordered by Egypt but were delivered to Turkey.
Ship protection: There was a complete wl belt, 152mm thick above lwl and 114mm thick below, which extended 1.3m above and 1.8m below lwl
Modernizations: 1891, both: reboilered; + 2 x 1 - 87/22 RK L/24 C/82, 2 x 1 - 57/37 SK L/40 C/99, 2 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30, 1 x 1 - 25/42 Nordenfelt
1890s, Necm-i Şevket: + 1 x 1 - 356 TT (beam)
Naval service: No significant events.
Asar-i Şevket 1870
© Ivan Gogin, 2014