Tonnage:  9,200 tonnes

Length: 102.4 m.

Beam: 17.9 m.

Draught: 7.9 m.

Engines: 2 triple 4 cyl vertical, 11,135 hp, Ansaldo

Speed: 17 kts.

Armament: 12-152 mm L/45 quick firing guns (Vickers)

14-76 mm quick firing guns (Vickers)

2-47 mm quick firing guns

Record:

- Launched on 28 October 1874.

- Took part in 1877-78 Turkish-Russian War, 1897 Turkish-Greek War and 1912 Balkan War.

- Twice refitted; first between 1891-1893 in Istanbul and then between 1898-1903 in Genoa.

- On 5 September 1914, Mesudiye was dispanded from the active fleet. She anchors off Nara in the Dardanelles, to be used as a floating battery.

- On 13 December 1914, Mesudiye is sunk by two torpedoes fired by the British submarine B11. From a crew of 598, 10 officers and 15 sailors lost their lives. Six guns are later salvaged and used at the fortifications in Çanakkale.

- On 18 June 2004, a team of Turkish Navy divers coordinated by Admiral Metin Ataç dove to the wreck of Mesudiye, reaching the ship for the first time 90 years after it was sunk.

Source: "Efendi Kaptan Kurtar Bizi!"