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FIGHTING SHIPS OF THE WORLD
OTTOMAN EMPIRE / TURKEY
TORPEDO SHIPS
DEMİRHİSAR torpedo boats (1907)
Ships
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Demirhisar | Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône, France | 1906 | 1907 | 1907 | wrecked 16.4.1915 | ||
| Sultanhisar | Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône, France | 1906 | 1907 | 1907 | decommissioned 1928, BU 1935 | ||
| Sivrihisar | Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône, France | 1906 | 1907 | 1907 | decommissioned 1928, BU 1935 | ||
| Hamidabad | Schneider, Chalons-sur-Saône, France | 1906 | 1907 | 1907 | sunk 31.10.1917 |
Technical data
| Displacement normal, t | 97 |
|---|---|
| Displacement full, t | 101 |
| Length, m | 38.0 pp 40.2 oa |
| Breadth, m | 4.40 |
| Draught, m | 1.90 |
| No of shafts | 1 |
| Machinery | 1 VTE, 2 Du Temple boilers |
| Power, h. p. | 2200 |
| Max speed, kts | 26 |
| Fuel, t | coal 11 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
| Armament | 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss, 1 - 450 TT (bow), 1 x 2 - 450 TT (5) |
| Complement | 23 |
Standard scale images
Demirhisar 1914
Project history
Sister-ships of French 38m torpedo boats and Bulgarian Druzki class. To WWI beginning she was worn strongly out and could made no more than 16kts.
Modernizations
None.
Naval service
Demirhissar 16.4.1915 was cought by British destroyers Jed, Kennet and Wear, and she was compelled to run ashore of island Chios. Hamidabad 30.10.1917 was sunk at port Igneada (on border with Bulgaria) as result of joint attack of Russian seaplanes and destroyers Bystry and Pylkiy.
