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Peyk-i Şevket |
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Tonnage: 775 tonnes Length: 80.1 m. Beam: 8.4 m. Draught: 4.6 m. Engines: 2 VTE; 5,100 hp; Germania Speed: 18 kts. Armament: 2-105 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 3 torpedo tubes, 450 mm
Record: - Launched on 15 November 1906. - Commissioned by the Turkish Navy in November 1907. - Took part in the Balkan War. - On 6 August 1915, Peyk-i Şevket was hit and damaged by a torpedo fired by the British submarine E11 in the Sea of Marmara near Silivri. - Returned to service in 1917. - Laid up at Istanbul on 31 October 1918. - Renamed Peyk in 1924 and refurbished by the Turkish Navy at Gölcük. - Decommissioned in 1944. - Broken up in 1954. |
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