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OTTOMAN / TURKISH NAVY (OTTOMAN EMPIRE / TURKEY)

OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

NASR-Ü HÜDA gunboats (1904-1908)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Nasr-ü Hüda     Tersane-i Amire, Istanbul 1903 1903 1904 stricken 6.1917
Seyyar     Tersane-i Amire, Istanbul 1896 1906 1906 minesweeper 4.1915, stricken 10.1918
Barika-i Zafer     Tersane-i Amire, Istanbul 1896 1904 1908 stricken 10.1918, guard vessel 3.1922, stricken again 1923
  

Displacement normal, t

198

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

38.6 pp

Breadth, m

5.40

Draught, m

1.90

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE, 1 double-ended boiler

Power, h. p.

400

Max speed, kts

10

Fuel, t

coal 20

Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

1 x 1 - 75/37 SK L/40 C/91, 2 x 1 - 47/42 SK L/45 C/99, 1 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss

Complement

45

Project history: Ordered in October, 1890, but laid down only in 1896-1903 and completed in 1904-1908.

Modernizations: 1915, Seyyar: - 1 x 1 - 75/37, 1 x 1 - 37/20; + 1 x 1 - 57/42 SK L/45 C/99, sweeps

Naval service: In 1914 because of bad technical condition first two ships were laid up, but in April, 1915 commissioned again. At that time their maximum speed was only 8kts. Seyyar was used as minesweeper.

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