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Saturday 27 August 2016

Turkish turret casemate ship Avni Illah according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens 1875 no. 11


Armament consisted of 2x2-9” Armstrong guns in with each other connected turrets.  Horsepower 400hp. Speed 12,5 miles. Tonnage 1.399 tons and as dimensions 230 x 25.5 x 16 (fore and aft) x 20 (depth) feet. Armour thickness 5-6” on 10” teak. Schooner-rigged. Built by Samuda Brothers, England in 1868. Crew numbered 145 men (included 15 officers), should be 219 men.