Zuhaf 1875
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Beyrut | Wigram, Blackwall, UK | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | stricken 1907 | ||
| Seddülbahir | White, Cowes, UK | 1858 | 1859 | 1860 | stricken 1891 | ||
| İskenderiye | Tersane-i Amire, Istanbul | 1860 | 1862 | 1863 | stricken 1907 | ||
| Zuhaf | Tersane-i Amire, Istanbul | 1861 | 1862 | 1863 | stricken 1891 | ||
| Utarit | Tersane-i Amire, Gemlik | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | stricken 1896 | ||
| Meriç | Tersane-i Amire, Gemlik | 1862 | 1863 | 1864 | stricken 1905 |
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Displacement normal, t |
599 |
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Displacement full, t |
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Length, m |
52.9 pp |
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Breadth, m |
8.10 |
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Draught, m |
3.91 max |
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No of shafts |
1 |
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Machinery |
1 2-cyl HSE, 2 rectangular boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
450 |
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Max speed, kts |
10 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 120 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
Beyrut, Seddülbahir: 12 x 1 -
120/16 33pdr SBML others: 1 x 1 - 127/16 45pdr MLR, 2 x 1 - 75/14 11pdr BL |
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Complement |
120 |
Project history: This class were wooden-hulled barque-rigged sloops, wood- and copper-sheathed. They had two funnels, a straight stem and an overhanging stern.
Modernizations: 1870s, İskenderiye, Zuhaf, Utarit, Meriç: + 4 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss
1879, İskenderiye, Zuhaf, Utarit, Meriç: were armed with 2 x 1 - 120/22 RK L/25 C/78, 2 x 1 - 76/19 12pdr BL, 2 x 1 - 25/42 Nordenfelt
1880, Beyrut, Seddülbahir: were armed with 2 x 1 - 120/22 RK L/25 C/78, 4 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss
1903, Beyrut: - 2 x 1 - 37/20; + 2 x 1 - 25/42 Nordenfelt
1903, İskenderiye, Meriç: - 2 x 1 - 76/19, 2 x 1 - 25/42; + 2 x 1 - 37/42 SK L/45 C/99
Naval service: Some of their machinery and equipment after they were stricken was used in new gunboats after they were discarded 1894-1905.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014