Hifz-ur Rahman 1870
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Lütf-ü Celil | C A de la Gironde, Bordeaux, France | 1868 | 1869 | 3/1870 | sunk 10.5.1877 | ||
| Hifz-ur Rahman | C A de la Gironde, Bordeaux, France | 1868 | 1869 | 3/1870 | stricken 1909 |
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Displacement normal, t |
2540 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
64.4 oa 62.1 pp |
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Breadth, m |
13.6 |
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Draught, m |
4.40 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 2-cyl HC, 2 locomotive boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
2000 |
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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: 140, ends: 117, side: 76, turrets: 140, deck: 38 |
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Armament |
1 x 2 - 203/15 Armstrong 9-ton MLR, 1 x 2 - 178/16 Armstrong 6.5-ton MLR |
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Complement |
122 |
Project history: Iron-hulled ships completed in 1869. They had a ram bow and a raised forecastle and poop, with two turrets on the centreline fore and aft of the funnel. There was a light barque rig and one funnel, and there were collapsible bulwarks amidships. They had two 203mm Armstrong MLs in the forward turret and two 178mm Armstrong MLs in the aft turret. The ships were originally ordered by Egypt but were delivered to Turkey.
Ship protection: They had a complete wl belt 140mm amidships, tapering to 117mm at the ends and extending 0.8m above and below the lwl. The magazines, turret bases and machinery amidships were protected by 76mm side armour, covered by a 38mm protective deck.
Modernizations: 1875, both: + 1 x 1 - 120/22 RK L/25 C/78
1891, Hifz-ur Rahman: - 1 x 2 - 178/16; + 1 x 1 - 149/22 RK L/25 C/75, 4 x 1 - 37/37 SK L/40 C/91, 2 x 4 - 25/42 Nordenfelt
Naval service: Lütf-ü Celil blew up when her magazine exploded (probably due to Russian shellfire) when she was off Braila on the Danube during the Russo-Turkish war.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014