Asar-ı Şevket Class

Asar-ı Şevket 1903 31/7/1909 Kahire
Shipyard:SA des Forges- La Seyne, Toulon, France 1867-1868
Ottoman Navy: 3/3/1870 renewed 1900-07 end of service 11/2/1913
Engine: 1750 HP, 1HCE / 4 cylinder
Weight: (ton) 2500
Length/Width/Depth(m) 61,9/12,9/5
Speed(Nautical Miles) 8
Fuel Capacity(ton) 300 ton coal
Personel 170
Guns 1x230 front loading |4x180 front loading |2x87 |2x63,5 | 2x37 | 1x25,4


Asar-ı Şevket ordered as Kahire and Necm-i Şevket as Muzaffer by the Khidive of Egypt. Contract turned over to the Ottoman Navy, 3/3/1870. Retrofitted: 1890-92 Haliç Shipyards, Istanbul (engine and gun information from this retrofit). Asar-ı Şevket was taken out of service in 1903 and broken up for scrap in 31/7/1909. Necm-i Şevket was in stationary post at Selanik 1899-1909 and as a dormitory ship from 1909 to 1929 in Istanbul. Both ship has seen action during the Russo-Turkish war of (1877-78) "93 Harbi".