The Statesman’s Year Book contains the following particulars respecting some of the principal Turkish ironclads:—“The greater number of the ironclads of Turkey were built in Great Britain. The two largest ironclads are the sis-ter-ships Mbaondivd and Mendouhijd, launched in 1874. They were built after the design of Ahmed Pasha, chief constructor of the Ottoman navy, by the Thames Ironwork and Shipbuilding Company, at Blackwitll, These two ironclads are each of a burthen of displacement of 9000 tons, and 332 feet long, with extreme breadth of 59 feet. They are built on the broadside principle, and have on the main deck a battery 148 feet long, containing twelve 18-ton guns, throwing 4001 b. shot. Each of the four corner ports are placed at an angle, capable of firing ahead, astern, or on the broadside, while the other broadside guns have 35 degrees of training each. The armor plates of this battery, before and aft of which is a shell-proof deck, are 12 inches thick at, and 10 inches thick above, the waterline, and the whole ship is further protected throughout with a 12-inch armor-belt. The bow, also, is strongly fortified, f and fitted with a rarn of great strength, adapted to pierce- an opponent below the armor in the most vulnerable part. Forward, a forecastle gives housing for two 0-ton guns,
firing ahead, while a poop'. aft affords shelter for one gun of the same. calibre. Finally, there are six 20-pounders on the upper deck. Among the other ironclads the largest is the ' frigate Osmameh, built by Napier and Sons, Glasgow, and launched September 2, 1864. The Osmanieh is a ram, armor-plated from stem to stern, 309tt. long, 56ft. broad, and of a burthen of ,4200 tons. The stem of the vessel. projects about 4ft. beyond the uppor deck at the water-line. Two other notable ironclads are, the twin screw steamers A vni Illab, or ‘ Help, of God,’ and the Main Zaffer, or ‘Aid to Victory,’ the first built at the Thames Ironworks, and the second by Samuda Brothers, Poplar, and both launched in June, 1869. Each of these vessels is 230 ft. long, and 36ft. broad, of a burthen of 1400 tons, and with engines of 600 horse-power. Both are clad in heavy armor, of an average thickness of 51 inches, and carry four 12-ton rifle Armstrong guns in a central battery, the construction of which admits of the guns being fired ahead and astern without the aid of a turret. These two ironclads are stated to possess, the highest speed of any, vessels of war of the same tonnage.
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New Zealand Times, Volume XXXIII, Issue 5320, 15 April 1878, Page 3
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