Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Hizber | Tersane-i Amire, Istanbul | 1872 | 9/1873 | 1876 | stricken 1909 | ||
Seyfı | Tersane-i Amire, Istanbul | 1872 | 9/1873 | 1876 | sunk 26.5.1877 |
Displacement normal, t |
404 |
Displacement full, t |
|
Length, m |
43.9 pp |
Breadth, m |
9.40 |
Draught, m |
1.60 |
No of shafts |
1 |
Machinery |
1 2-cyl HSE, 1 rectangular boiler |
Power, h. p. |
400 |
Max speed, kts |
8 |
Fuel, t |
coal 18 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | |
Armour, mm | iron; belt: 76, ends: 51, battery: 76, CT: 13 |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 120/22 RK L/25 C/78 |
Complement |
51 |
Project history: Small armoured ships built for Danube service. Iron-hulles central battery gunboats.
Ship protection: Machinery was protected by 76mm belt, ship ends had 51mm protection. Battery had 76mm sides.
Modernizations: 1886, Hizber: + 2 x 1 - 87/22 RK L/24 C/82, 2 x 1 - 25/42 Nordenfelt
Naval service: Seyfı was sunk by Russian torpedo cutter near Macin 26.5.1877.
Hizber 1876
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