Feth-i Bülend 1870
Feth-i Bülend 1910
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Feth-i Bülend | Thames Iron Wks, Blackwall, UK | 5/1868 | 1869 | 1870 | hulk 1910 |
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Displacement normal, t |
2762 |
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Displacement full, t |
|
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Length, m |
72.0 pp |
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Breadth, m |
12.0 |
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Draught, m |
5.51 max |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 HC, 6 rectangular boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
3250 |
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Max speed, kts |
13 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 300 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armour, mm |
iron; belt: 229 - 152, ends: 76, casemates: 229 - 152 |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 229/14 Armstrong 12.5-ton MLR |
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Complement |
169 |
Project history: Small, iron-hulled casemate ironclads resembling the Avnillah class except that the casemates were not cut away between the guns, so that the forward guns could only fire on forward bearings and the aft guns on aft bearings. They were very high out of the water. Ship was reconstructed by Ansaldo betweeo 1903 and 1907.
Ship protection: The complete wl belt extended for 1.2m below to 0.6m above lwl, and was 229mm thick above and 152mm thick below lwl. The casemates were 229mm thick below the port sills and 152mm thick above.
Modernizations: 1882: + 1 x 1 - 178/16 Armstrong 6.5-ton MLR, 2 x 1 - 87/22 RK L/24 C/82
1890: - 1 x 1 - 178/16; + 2 x 1 - 57/37 SK L/40 C/99, 2 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30, 1 x 1 - 25/42 Nordenfelt
(1903-1907, Ansaldo, Genoa, Italy), re-boilered with 2 cylindrical water-tube boilers, CT had 152mm sides; new armament consisted of 4 x 1 - 149/37 SK L/40 C/06, 6 x 1 - 75/37 SK L/40, 6 x 1 - 57/37 SK L/40 C/99
Naval service: Feth-i Bülend was hulked in 1910 and sunk 31.10.1913 by Greek torpedo boat NF11 at Selanik.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014