Length 331.5 feet, builders measurement 5,349 24/94 tons, horsepower 1,200 hp. On reverse written 3811 Ironclad Turkey. On drawing comment new drawing prepared by contractros with shewing deck before and abaft battery raised (upper deck) and everything moved aft from 3 to 4 feet. Drawing made by Sd. Ahmed and British Admiralty.(1)
Note.
1. Sir Edward Reed designed for the Ottoman Empire the ironclad battleship Hamidieh, suster ship of the Mesudiye, with a lenghth of 332.4 feet, 9,710 tons displacement, laid down by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company, Leamouth, London, England in 1873, launched on 16 November 1875, purchased by England in 1878, renamed HM Superb and extensively altered.
Source
Website Royals Museums Greenwich Collection search. ID NCP9344.
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