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Lütf-ü Hümayun before launch 1892  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Lütf-ü Hümayun			Tersane-i Amire, Istanbul	1882	16.8.1892	10/1896	stricken 1908

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	1313
Displacement full, t
Length, m	64.0 pp
Breadth, m	9.14
Draught, m	3.96 max
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 HC, 2 cylindrical boilers
Power, h. p.	2160
Max speed, kts	12
Fuel, t	coal 205
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	3 x 1 - 173/22 RK L/25 C/74, 6 x 1 - 120/22 RK L/25 C/78, 6 x 1 - 47/37 SK L/40 C/91, 2 - 450 TT (beam)
Complement

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Project history

This composite-hulled cruiser, laid down in 1882 and completed in 1894, was a reduced version of Heybetnüma, and was wood-sheathed and had one funnel. She was armed with 17cm/25 Krupp BLs fore and aft and 12cm/25 Krupp BLs in sponsons amidships. Designed armament included 4 17cm/25 and 6 12cm/25 Krupp BLs.

Modernizations: 1899: - 3 x 1 - 173/22, 6 x 1 - 120/22, 6 x 1 - 47/37; + 2 x 1 - 149/37 SK L/40 C/97, 2 x 1 - 120/37 SK L/40 C/97, 4 x 1 - 37/37 SK L/40 C/91

Naval service

She was commissioned as stationary training vessel, armament , machinery and masts were landed in 1905 but 'ship' was stricken only in 1908.