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Prut Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Прут [Prut] (ex-Mecidiye)		310	Cramp, Philadelphia, USA	7.11.1901	25.7.1903	19.12.1903 // 25.2.1916	captured by Germany 1.5.1918 (Turkish Mecidiye)

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	3485
Displacement full, t	3967
Length, m	100.5 pp 102.4 oa
Breadth, m	12.8
Draught, m	4.80 normal 5.33 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VQE, 16 Niclausse boilers
Power, h. p.	6698
Max speed, kts	18
Fuel, t	coal 610
Endurance, nm(kts)	1100(12)
Armour, mm	deck: 38 with 102mm slopes
Armament	6 x 1 - 130/53, 4 x 1 - 75/48 Canet, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94, 2 - 450 TT (beam)
Complement	268

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Project history

The Turkish protected cruiser Mecidiye was mined 15 miles off Odessa on 3 April 1915 and sunk on an even keel. She was raised by the Russians and docked in the ROPiT Yd, Odessa on 31 May 1915. Under the name Prut she was placed on the list 26 June and re-armament as well as reconstruction begun.

Ship protection

Protective deck had 38mm flat part and 102mm slopes.

Modernizations 1.

1917: - 4 x 1 - 75/48; + 4 x 1 - 130/53, 2 x 1 - 7.6/94

Naval service

Seized by the Germans in Sevastopol and returned to Turkey on 12 Mav 1918.

Many thanks to Wolfgang Stöhr for additional information on this page.