Source ibrary of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Digital ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3b47571 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/cph.3b47571
Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-81852.
Also called in the literature as Assari Tewfik. Mentioned as a barbette of battery ironclad. Originally ordered by Egypt in 1865 as the Ibrahimye. Laid down in 1867, launched in 1868 at the shipyard of la Seyne, France, handed over on 29 August and finally lost on 25 January/11 February 1913 when striking a sandbank off Podima [=Yaliköy]. With a standard displacement of 4.687 tons were her dimensions 83,01/83,82 (between perpendiculars) x 15,24 (maximum) x 6,20 (fore)-6,82 (aft) metres. The compound engine and six boilers delivered 3.560 ihp allowing a speed of 13 knots. Coal bunker capacity 400 tons. Her crew numbered 320 men. The armament consisted of 8x-9” guns. Further more was she also iron-armoured consisting of a 3” (ends)-8” (maximum) thick belt with the battery and batteries protected by respectively 6”and 5”. Barque-rigged.
