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Saturday, 23 July 2016

Turkish barbette battery ironclad Aschar i Tewfik []Âsâr-ı Tevfik according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens 1875 no. 11


Armament consisted of 6-9” Armstrong guns in the battery an other two in fixed turrets. Horsepower 750 nhp. Dimensions 275 x 50 x 35.3 (hold) x 19.6 (fore)-21.6 (aft) and tonnage 3.143 tons. Speed 13 knots. Armour thickness 5-8” and 9 “ teak. Barque-rigged. Built in France in 1868 for the Kehdive [at the Société anonyme des forgers et chantiers de la Méditerrané, La Seyne]. Crew numbered 246 men (included 19 officers), should be 640 men.