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Saturday 27 August 2016

Turkish turret casemate ship Hifs e Rahman [Hıfz-ı Rahman] according to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens 1875 no. 11

Armament consisted of 2-9” guns, 2-90pd guns and 1-4-d Armstrong guns. Horsepower 200hp with twin screws. Speed 12 miles. Tonnage 1.771 tons and as dimensions 204 x 43.2 x 9 (fore and aft) x 24 (depth feet. Turrets not of similar and hand driven with in the aft turret the smaller guns. On the fore ship armoured bulwark with fixed sledge. Armour thickness 3-4½-5” on 10” teak. Bark-rigged with tripod masts. Built at Bordeaux, France in 1868. Crew numbered 132 men (included 12 officers), should be 219 men.