Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Feth-ül İslam | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France | 1864 | 1865 | 1865 | stricken 1908 | ||
İşkodra | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France | 1864 | 1865 | 1865 | captured by Russia 16.7.1877 (Систово [Sistovo]) | ||
Böğürtlen | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France | 1864 | 1865 | 1865 | stricken 1880 | ||
Podgoriçe | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France | 1864 | 1865 | 1865 | captured by Russia 16.7.1877 (Никополь [Nikopol']) | ||
Semendire, 1879- Memduhiye | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France | 1864 | 1865 | 1865 | stricken 1902 |
Displacement normal, t |
335 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
31.5 oa 30.5 pp |
Breadth, m |
9.80 |
Draught, m |
1.70 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 1-cyl HSE, 2 rectangular boilers |
Power, h. p. |
290 |
Max speed, kts |
8 |
Fuel, t |
coal 20 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armour, mm | iron; belt: 76, ends: 51, battery: 76, CT: 13 |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 160/16 Armstrong 64pdr MLR |
Complement |
50 |
Project history: Original armoured ships built for Danube service. Iron-hulled central battery gunboats. The upper deck was only 48cm over wl.
Ship protection: Machinery was protected by 76mm belt, ship ends had 51mm protection. Battery had 76mm sides.
Modernizations: 1871, all: + 6 x 1 - 76/18 Armstrong 9pdr 9cwt BL
1880, Memduhiye: was armed with 2 x 1 - 76/18 Armstrong 9pdr 9cwt BL
1884, Feth-ül İslam: - 2 x 1 - 160/16, 4 x 1 - 76/18; + 2 x 1 - 178/16 Armstrong 6.5-ton MLR
Naval service: İşkodra and Podgoriçe were captured by Russian troops at Nikopol 16.7.1877 and commissioned by Russian Navy as Sistovo and Nikopol respectively. Feth-ül İslam was disarmed in 1901.
Feth-ül İslam 1875
© Ivan Gogin, 2014