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Sunday, 31 July 2016

Turkish central battery ironclad Aziziéh 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) 25 (fore)-26 (aft) feet and a tonnage of 4.221 tons. Speed 13,5 knots. Armour thickness 5.5” with 9” teak. Barque-rigged. Built in England in 1884. Crew numbered 347 men (included 27 officers), should be 650 men.