Thanks to the fact that nowadays more and more books are digitized we are able to read books that are some times for decades no longer available for the public for several reasons. That’s quite a pity while these books contains useful information while the archives are destroyed, incomplete or nor accessible.
p. 499. “The Turkish navy has been entirely reconstructed since the year 1858. Previous to the late war against Russia, the navy comprised
p. 500: 6 ships of the line, 10 frigates, 6 corvettes, 14 brigs, 16 cutters and schooners. 6 steam-frigates, and 12 other small vessels. Total 70 vessels, manned by 34,000 sailors and 4,000 marines. Most of these ships were destroyed at Sinope, Nov. 1853, and others foundered in storms in the Black Sea. Newly built in the years 1860-62 were 23 screw steamers, of various sizes, with 820 guns. To these were added, in the six years 1863 to 1868, the following vessels: Five ironclads built in England, the ‘Abdul-Aziz’, the ‘Osman Ghazy’, the ‘Sultan Mahmoud’, the ‘Ourkhan’, and the ‘Feltah’; and a steam-corvette for the transport service, the ‘Said Bahri.’ Three other ironclads, called the ‘Izzedin’, ‘Fuad’, and ‘Ismail’ were commissioned in July 1864, besides a screw frigate named the ‘Guene-Bikhran’. A screwcorvette was built in the summer of 1865, at the arsenal of Constantinople, called the ‘Nousr-el-Azil’; and two other screwcorvettes, the ‘Muzafer’ and ‘Mensouré’ were built on the stocks at Ismidt. The ‘Ferad’, a steam-frigate, was launched at Sinope, in August, 1865; two screw-corvettes were built the same year at the arsenal at Ghiumlek, the ‘Merikh’, and the ‘Akard’ and a steamcorvette, the ‘Zeivan’, at Amasura, in Asia Minor. The largest ironclad in the Turkish navy is the ‘Osman Ghazy’, built by Napier and Sons, Glasgow, and launched September 2, 1864. It is a ‘ram’, armour-plated from stem to stern, and of the following dimensions: Length over all, 309 feet; extreme breadth, 56 feet; depth moulded, 37 feet; burthen, 4,200 tons; draught of water, 24 feet 9 inches. The stem of the vessel projects about 4 feet beyond the upper deck at the water line. The ‘Osman Ghazy’ is propelled by horizontal engines of 900 horse-power, and armed with 24 guns. Twenty of these are 68-pounders, and the remaining four, which are to be placed on the upper deck, being 110-pounders. The other British built ironclads of the Turkish navy are of similar construction, but smaller dimensions.”
Source
Frederick Martin and others. The Statesman’s year-book. A statistical, mercantile, and historical account of the states and sovereigns of the civilised world for the year 1869, vol. 6. London, 1869.
p. 499. “The Turkish navy has been entirely reconstructed since the year 1858. Previous to the late war against Russia, the navy comprised
p. 500: 6 ships of the line, 10 frigates, 6 corvettes, 14 brigs, 16 cutters and schooners. 6 steam-frigates, and 12 other small vessels. Total 70 vessels, manned by 34,000 sailors and 4,000 marines. Most of these ships were destroyed at Sinope, Nov. 1853, and others foundered in storms in the Black Sea. Newly built in the years 1860-62 were 23 screw steamers, of various sizes, with 820 guns. To these were added, in the six years 1863 to 1868, the following vessels: Five ironclads built in England, the ‘Abdul-Aziz’, the ‘Osman Ghazy’, the ‘Sultan Mahmoud’, the ‘Ourkhan’, and the ‘Feltah’; and a steam-corvette for the transport service, the ‘Said Bahri.’ Three other ironclads, called the ‘Izzedin’, ‘Fuad’, and ‘Ismail’ were commissioned in July 1864, besides a screw frigate named the ‘Guene-Bikhran’. A screwcorvette was built in the summer of 1865, at the arsenal of Constantinople, called the ‘Nousr-el-Azil’; and two other screwcorvettes, the ‘Muzafer’ and ‘Mensouré’ were built on the stocks at Ismidt. The ‘Ferad’, a steam-frigate, was launched at Sinope, in August, 1865; two screw-corvettes were built the same year at the arsenal at Ghiumlek, the ‘Merikh’, and the ‘Akard’ and a steamcorvette, the ‘Zeivan’, at Amasura, in Asia Minor. The largest ironclad in the Turkish navy is the ‘Osman Ghazy’, built by Napier and Sons, Glasgow, and launched September 2, 1864. It is a ‘ram’, armour-plated from stem to stern, and of the following dimensions: Length over all, 309 feet; extreme breadth, 56 feet; depth moulded, 37 feet; burthen, 4,200 tons; draught of water, 24 feet 9 inches. The stem of the vessel projects about 4 feet beyond the upper deck at the water line. The ‘Osman Ghazy’ is propelled by horizontal engines of 900 horse-power, and armed with 24 guns. Twenty of these are 68-pounders, and the remaining four, which are to be placed on the upper deck, being 110-pounders. The other British built ironclads of the Turkish navy are of similar construction, but smaller dimensions.”
Source
Frederick Martin and others. The Statesman’s year-book. A statistical, mercantile, and historical account of the states and sovereigns of the civilised world for the year 1869, vol. 6. London, 1869.
