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OTTOMAN / TURKISH NAVY (OTTOMAN EMPIRE / TURKEY)

OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

FİRAT gunboats (1885)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Firat     Tersane-i Amire, Istanbul 1881 1883 1885 stricken 1912
Şat     Tersane-i Amire, Istanbul 1881 1883 1885 hulk 1906
  

Displacement normal, t

197

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

37.0 pp

Breadth, m

6.50

Draught, m

2.40

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 HC, 1 cylindrical boiler

Power, h. p.

280

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

coal 20

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

4 x 1 - 75/22 RK L/24 C/83, 2 x 1 - 57/37 SK L/83

Complement

55

Project history: Wooden gunboats.

Modernizations: 1895, both: were armed with: 2 x 1 - 88/27 SK L/30 C/89, 1 x 1 - 47/37 SK L/40 C/91, 1 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss

1900, both: were armed with 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss

Naval service: Firat was badly damaged by gunfire of Greek gunboat Aphroessa in February 1897 and was under repair till 1899.

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