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Saturday 27 August 2016

Turkish Danube monitor Feth-ül İslâm according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens 1875 no. 11

The armament consisted of 2-25pd Armstrong guns. Horsepower 80 hp. Speed 6 miles upstream. Tonnage 408 tons and as dimensions 95.3 x 32 x 5.6 (fore and aft) x 6.8 (depth) feet. Iron armour with a thickness of 3” on 13 “ teak. Built by Société anonyme des forges et chantiers de la Méditerrannée, France in 1864. Crew numbered 26 men (included 6 officers), should be 51 men.