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Saturday, 23 July 2016

Turkish central battery ironclad Osmanieh according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens 1875 no. 11

Armament consisted of 14-7” Armstrong guns in the battery and 1-7” Armstrong gun fore and one aft. Horsepower 900 nhp. Dimensions 295 x 56 x 37 (hold) x 37 (hold) x 25 (fore)-26 (aft) feet and a tonnage of 4.221 tons. Speed 12,8 knots. Armour thickness 4.75-5,5” with 9” teak. Built by Napier&Sons, Glasgow, Scotland in 1864. Crew numbered 300 men (included 25 officers), should be 640 men.