:::: Naval Vessels - TURKEY
ASSAR-I-TEWFIK*
Code - N8P08
£1.35
Class - 1
Date - 1870
Description - ASSAR-I TEWFIK N8P08
Turkish Barbette Battery Ironclad completed
1869. Originally ordered as Ibrahimiye for the
Egyptian Navy but transferred to Turkey 1868.
Displacement 4,687 tons
Dimensions 272’ x 52 ½ ‘ x 21’
Armament 8 x 9” M.L.
(in 1891 2 x 9” replaced by 2 x 8.3”)
2 x 87mm and 2 x 63.5mm)
Speed 13 knots (8kn by 1895)
Armour 8” Iron Belt
