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HEYBETNÜMA corvette (1895)

Heybetnüma 1895

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Heybetnüma     Tersane-i Amire, Istanbul 1881 30.1.1890 4/1895 commissioned as training hulk, stricken 1907
  

Displacement normal, t

1463

Displacement full, t

1958

Length, m

68.9 pp

Breadth, m

11.3

Draught, m

5.18 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HTE, 6 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

2786

Max speed, kts

12

Fuel, t

coal 280

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 149/22 RK L/25 C/75, 6 x 1 - 120/22 RK L/25 C/78, 6 x 1 - 47/37 SK L/40 C/91

Complement

190

Project history: Composite-hulled vessel, spent in building 14 years and became obsolete while been on the stocks. Sheathed and coppered. Designed armament should include 3 173mm/22 and 6 120mm/22 Krupp BLs, 6 47mm Hotchkiss QF and 2 450mm TTs.

Modernizations: 1898: - 4 x 1 - 120/22, 2 x 1 - 47/37; + 1 x 1 - 149/22 RK L/25 C/75

Naval service: Heybetnüma was commissioned and spent all service period as training hulk.

 

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