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Feth-ül İslam 1875  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Feth-ül İslam			F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France	1864	1865	1865	stricken 1908
İşkodra			F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France	1864	1865	1865	captured by Russia 16.7.1877 (Систово [Sistovo])
Böğürtlen			F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France	1864	1865	1865	stricken 1880
Podgoriçe			F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France	1864	1865	1865	captured by Russia 16.7.1877 (Никополь [Nikopol'])
Semendire, 1879- Memduhiye			F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France	1864	1865	1865	stricken 1902

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	335
Displacement full, t
Length, m	31.5 oa 30.5 pp
Breadth, m	9.80
Draught, m	1.70
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 1-cyl HSE, 2 rectangular boilers
Power, h. p.	290
Max speed, kts	8
Fuel, t	coal 20
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	iron; belt: 76, ends: 51, battery: 76, CT: 13
Armament	2 x 1 - 160/16 Armstrong 64pdr MLR
Complement	50

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Project history

Original armoured ships built for Danube service. Iron-hulled central battery gunboats. The upper deck was only 48cm over wl.

Ship protection

Machinery was protected by 76mm belt, ship ends had 51mm protection. Battery had 76mm sides.

Modernizations

1871, all: + 6 x 1 - 76/18 Armstrong 9pdr 9cwt BL

1880, Memduhiye: was armed with 2 x 1 - 76/18 Armstrong 9pdr 9cwt BL

1884, Feth-ül İslam: - 2 x 1 - 160/16, 4 x 1 - 76/18; + 2 x 1 - 178/16 Armstrong 6.5-ton MLR

Naval service

İşkodra and Podgoriçe were captured by Russian troops at Nikopol 16.7.1877 and commissioned by Russian Navy as  Sistovo and Nikopol respectively. Feth-ül İslam was disarmed in 1901.