File:Ottoman submarine Abdulhamid 1886.jpg

Summary

Technical Specifications

BUILDER: Des Vignes (Chertsey) and Vickers (Sheffield)

DISPLACEMENT: Surface 100t, submerged 160t

DIMENSIONS: Loa 30.5m, B 3.6m

HULL: Steel

MACHINERY: Steam, 1 shaft

ENGINE: 1-Lamm locomotive type, 250ihp

BOILER: 1 250hp, boiling water, coal fired

SPEED: Surface 6 knots, submerged 4 knots

BUNKERS: 8t coal

COMPLEMENT: 7

ARMAMENT: 2 TT 356mm (WH) (2), 2-35mm MG (N)

Submarines of this class in the Ottoman Navy

Abdülhamid (1886)

Ordered: 23.1.1886 Launched: 6.9.1886

Built as Nordenfelt-2 in sections, fitted by Tersane-i Amire (Taşkızak) shipyards in Istanbul.

Abdülmecid (1887)

Ordered: 23.1.1886 Launched: 4.8.1887

Built as Nordenfelt-3 in sections, fitted by Tersane-i Amire (Taşkızak) shipyards in Istanbul.

References

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