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ASAR-İ ŞEVKET central battery ironclads (1870)
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Asar-i Şevket 1870
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asar-i Şevket (ex-Kahira) | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France | 1867 | 1868 | 3.3.1870 | stricken 1903 | ||
| Necm-i Şevket (ex-Muzaffer) | F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France | 1867 | 1868 | 3.3.1870 | barrack vessel 1909 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 2047 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | |
| Length, m | 61.9 pp 66.4 oa |
| Breadth, m | 13.0 |
| Draught, m | 5.00 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | 1 HC, 4 rectangular boilers |
| Power, h. p. | Asar-i Şevket: 1750 Necm-i Şeket: 1900 |
| Max speed, kts | 12 |
| Fuel, t | coal 300 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armour, mm | iron; belt: 152 - 114, battery: 114, barbette: 114 |
| Armament | 1 x 1 - 229/14 Armstrong 12.5-ton MLR, 4 x 1 - 178/16 Armstrong 6.5-ton MLR |
| Complement | 170 |
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Asar-i Şevket 1870
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Asar-i Şevket 1870
Project history
Small iron-hulled ironclads, completed in 1869, brig-rigged and with a ram bow and a single funnel. Amidships there was a central box battery, with 4 178mm Armstrong ML, surmounted by a single 229mm 12.5t Armstrong ML in a centreline barbette mounted between the mainmast and the funnel and training 100° on each beam. The hull had a double bottom, but was very lightly built. They were originally ordered by Egypt but were delivered to Turkey.
Ship protection
There was a complete wl belt, 152mm thick above lwl and 114mm thick below, which extended 1.3m above and 1.8m below lwl
Modernizations
1891, both: reboilered; + 2 x 1 - 87/22 RK L/24 C/82, 2 x 1 - 57/37 SK L/40 C/99, 2 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30, 1 x 1 - 25/42 Nordenfelt
1890s, Necm-i Şevket: + 1 x 1 - 356 TT (beam)
Naval service
No significant events.
Asar-i Şevket 1870
