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Sunday, 31 July 2016

Turkish barbette battery ironclad Neduhim Schefket [Necm-i Şevket] according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens 1875 no. 11

Armament consisted of 4-9” guns in casemates and 1-9” gun on deck in a armoured turret alike mounting. Horsepower 350 nhp. Dimensions 210 x 40 x 24.6 (hold) x 15 (fore)-17 (aft) feet and 1.583 tons tonnage. Brig-rigged. Armour thickness 5” and 9” teak. Built at the Société anonyme des forgers et chantiers de la Méditerrané, [La Seyne], France for account of the Khedive of Egypt. Speed 12.5 knots. Crew numbered 153 men (included 15 officers), should be 219 men.