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Turkey in the First World War
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Source: Bernd Langensiepen collection

Tonnage:  4,687 tonnes

Length: 83.0 m.

Beam: 16.0 m.

Draught: 6.5 m.

Engines: 1 horizontal compound expansion, La Seyne

Speed: 9 kts.

Armament: 3-150 mm L/40 quick firing guns, Krupp

7-120 mm L/40 quick firing guns, Krupp

6-57 mm L/40 quick firing guns, Krupp

2-37 mm L/40 quick firing guns, Krupp

 

Record:

- Ordered by the Egyptian government as İbrahimiye, bu transferred to the Turkish Navy.

- Launched in 1868.

- Laid up at Istanbul in 1878.

- Refitted twice; in 1890 at Istanbul and in 1900 at Kiel.

- Returned to Istanbul in 1907.

- Took part in the Balkan War.

- Went aground on 11 February 1913.


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