practically sister-ship Feth-i Bülend 1870
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Mukaddeme-i Hayir | Tersane-i Amire, Istanbul | 1870 | 28.10.1872 | 1874 | training hulk 1911 |
|
Displacement normal, t |
2762 |
|
Displacement full, t |
|
|
Length, m |
72.0 pp |
|
Breadth, m |
12.0 |
|
Draught, m |
5.51 max |
|
No of shafts |
1 |
|
Machinery |
1 HC, 4 rectangular boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
3000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
12 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 270 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
|
Armour, mm |
iron; belt: 229 - 152, ends: 76, casemates: 229 - 152 |
|
Armament |
4 x 1 - 229/14 Armstrong 12.5-ton MLR |
|
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. Mukaddeme-i Hayir become the first large warship built in Turkey.
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: + 2 x 1 - 87/22 RK L/24 C/82
1890: + 2 x 1 - 57/37 SK L/40 C/91, 2 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30, 2 x 1 - 25/42 Nordenfelt
Naval service: Ship suffered of very poor quality of construction, her guns and boilers were landed in 1898. In 1911 she become training hulk, 1914 barrack vessel and stricken in 1923.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014