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Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Akka			White, Cowes, UK	1859	1859	12/1859	stricken 1901
Şevket Nüma			Money Wigram, Blackwall, UK	1859	1859	3/1860	TS 1904, stricken 1909, re-commissioned 4.1915, stricken 10.1918
Varna, 1879- Necmifeşan			Money Wigram, Blackwall, UK	1858	1859	3/1860	hulk 1902
Sünne			Money Wigram, Blackwall, UK	1858	1859	8/1859	sunk 9.10.1877

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	120
Displacement full, t
Length, m	35.4
Breadth, m	6.00
Draught, m	2.70
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 HSA, 1 rectangular boiler
Power, h. p.	225
Max speed, kts	8
Fuel, t	coal 25
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	4 x 1 - 151/12 24pdr SBML
Complement	70

Standard scale images

Project history

Wooden gunboats. Şevket Nüma rebuilt in 1898 with new steel hull and new machinery.

Modernizations

1876, all: - 4 x 1 - 151/12; + 4 x 1 - 155/14 26pdr SBML, 1 x 1 - 125/14 16pdr SBML

1885, Akka: was armed with 3 x 1 - 75/22 RK L/24 C/83, 1 x 1 - 37/37 SK L/40 C/85

1898, Şevket Nüma: new steel hull (120t), new machinery (1 VTE,1 double-ended cylindrical boilers, 400hp, 10kts), complement was 45; new armament consisted of 4 x 1 - 75/37 SK L/40 C/91, 1 x 1 - 37/37 SK L/40 C/91

1915, Şevket Nüma: was armed with 1 x 1 - 57/42 SK L/45 C/99, 2 x 1 - 47/42 SK L/45 C/99

Naval service

Sünne was stricken by Russian mine 9.10.1877 in the mouth of the Danube.