NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Firat			Tersane-i Amire, Istanbul	1881	1883	1885	stricken 1912
Şat			Tersane-i Amire, Istanbul	1881	1883	1885	hulk 1906

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	197
Displacement full, t
Length, m	37.0 pp
Breadth, m	6.50
Draught, m	2.40
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 HC, 1 cylindrical boiler
Power, h. p.	280
Max speed, kts	10
Fuel, t	coal 20
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	4 x 1 - 75/22 RK L/24 C/83, 2 x 1 - 57/37 SK L/83
Complement	55

Project history

Wooden gunboats.

Modernizations

1895, both: were armed with: 2 x 1 - 88/27 SK L/30 C/89, 1 x 1 - 47/37 SK L/40 C/91, 1 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss

1900, both: were armed with 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 2 x 5 - 37/17 Hotchkiss

Naval service

Firat was badly damaged by gunfire of Greek gunboat Aphroessa in February 1897 and was under repair till 1899.