Ottoman Navy: Avnillah, Muin-i-Zafer (1868-70), service until 1932. The Avnillah class were two casemate ironclad of the Ottoman Navy, built as part of a large naval program in 1861. Avnillah (also spelled Avnih Illâh in many publications) and Muin-i Zafer were built in Britain in 1868-1870 with four 228 mm (9 in) guns as central … Read more
Ironclad Sloop (1862-1864), service until 1885. HMS Enterprise (7th of the name) was an armoured sloop launched in 1864 at Deptford Dockyard, laid down originally as a wooden screw sloop of the Camelion class, like her near sister and box battery USS Research. She was designed by Edward Reed as a central battery ironclad to … Read more
Ottoman Navy: Ironclads, also known as Lütf-ü Celil and Hifz-ur Rahman (1868-70), service until 1909. The Lütf-ü Celil class were ironclad originally ordered in France for the Eyalet of Egypt, but confiscated by the Ottoman Empire while under construction. The Lütf-ü Celil and Hifz-ur Rahman were the first Turkish sea-going monitors, mounting a main battery … Read more
Ottoman Navy: Ironclads Asar-i Şevket, Necm-i Şevket (1867-1870) After Asar-ı Tevfik only member of her class and built in France at FMG Bordeaux at first for the Khedivate of Egypt the new Ottoman Naval expansion program after the Crimean War planned to order to smaller, cheaper ironclads to the same yard. This was the Asar-i … Read more
Ottoman Navy: French built Ironclad (1867-1870) Asar-ı Tevfik (Ottoman Turkish: آثار توفیق, loosely Meaning: “God’s Favor”, was an Ottoman Navy Ironclad built in the 1860s, only member of her class. Originally she was ordered by the Khedivate of Egypt as ‘Ibrahimiye’, and later acquired by the Ottomans. She was built as part of an expansion … Read more
Ottoman Navy: Four British built Ironclads (1863-1866): Osmanieh, Mahmudieh, Abdul Aziz, Orkanieh The Osmanieh (or Osmaniye) class were four broadside ironclads built in britain, three at Napier and one at Thames iron works between 1863 and 1866. They were active until the war of 1877-78 with Russia, and swa little action, being preserved by the … Read more
