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OTTOMAN / TURKISH NAVY (OTTOMAN EMPIRE / TURKEY)

TORPEDO SHIPS

MECİDİYE torpedo boats (1889-1893)

similar Burhaneddin 1887

Names

Mecidiye

Eser-i Terakki

Nımet

Şanaver

Builders

Tersane-i Amire, Istanbul: Mecidiye, Eser-i Terakki, Nımet; Şanaver

Commissioned

6/1889: Mecidiye

8/1890: Eser-i Terakki

11/1893: Nımet

Losses

Şanaver (building abandoned)

Transfers

None

Discarding

1902: Mecidiye, Eser-i Terakki, Nımet

  

Displacement normal, t

38

Displacement full, t

42

Length, m

31.7 oa 30.8 pp

Breadth, m

3.60

Draught, m

1.70 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VC, 1 locomotive boiler

Power, h. p.

450

Max speed, kts

15

Fuel, t

coal 5

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 4 - 34/42 Nordenfelt, 1 x 4 - 25/42 Nordenfelt, 2 - 356 TT (bow, 4)

Complement

24

Project history: Iron-hulled second class TBs, locally-built version of Burhaneddin.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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