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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Berk Efşan			Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany // Tersane-i Amire, Istanbul	1891	1892	1894	decommissioned 1924, stricken 1928
Tayyar			Germaniawerft, Kiel, Germany // Tersane-i Amire, Istanbul	1891	1892	1894	decommissioned 1909, BU 1921

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	230
Displacement full, t
Length, m	59.9
Breadth, m	6.60
Draught, m	2.40
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 locomotive boilers
Power, h. p.	3500
Max speed, kts	21
Fuel, t	coal 75
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	6 x 5 - 37/27 RV L/30, 2 - 428 TT (bow, 4)
Complement	50

Project history

Built in Germany, then assembled from ready sections in Istanbul. Ordered in 1886, but was completed only in 1894. Assemblage has been fulfilled poor, and torpedo boat quickly lost the battle value.

Modernizations

1912, Berk Efşan: - 2 x 5 - 37/27

1915, Berk Efşan: - 4 x 5 - 37/27; + 2 x 1 - 47/42 SK L/45 C/99, 2 x 1 - 47/27 SK L/30 C/91

Naval service

No significant events.