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Sunday, 31 July 2016

Turkish casemate ironclad Makadem-Hair [Mukaddeme-i Hayır] according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens 1875 no. 11

Armament consisted of 4-9“ Armstrong guns in a casemate with gun ports in the corners allowing a shooting range fore and aft. Horsepower 500 nhp. Dimensions 235 x 28 x 30 hold) x 17.6 (fore)-18 9aft) feet and 1.601 tons tonnage. Speed 13  knots. Armour thickness 6-9” with 10” teal. Schooner-rigged. Built at Constantinople, Turkey in 1872. Crew numbered 168 men (included 15 officers), should be 219 men.