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Saturday 27 August 2016

Turkish turret casemate ship Jdjalnieh [Avnillâh] .ccording to the magazine Mitteilungen aus dem Gebiete des Seewesens 1875 no. 11

The armament consisted 2-9” guns and 2-7” guns in the casemate and 1-7” Armstrong gun in the armoured turret amidships  Horsepower 300 hp. Speed 11,1 miles. Tonnage 1.650 tons and as dimensions 219  x 41 x 15 (fore)-17.6 (aft) x 25.6 (depth) feet. Armour had a thickness of 5 2/3-9” on 13” teak. Brigg-rigged. Built at Trieste, Italy in 1870. Crew numbered 148 (included 16 officers), should be 132 men.