Ottoman Navy | Asar-ı Tevfik
Asar-ı Tevfik Class(Barbette Battery Ironclad)
Shipyard:SA des Forges- La Seyne, Toulon, France 1867-1868
Ottoman Navy: 1870 renewed 1900-07 end of service 11/2/1913
Engine: 1 HCE / 6 cylinder Niclause
Weight: (ton) 4687
Length/Width/Depth(m) 82,5/16/6,5
Speed(Nautical Miles) 13
Fuel Capacity(ton) 400 ton coalPersonel 350
Guns 3x150/40 |7x120/40 |6x57 |2x/37

Ordered by the Khidive of Egypt as İbrahimiye. Contract turned over to the Ottoman Navy, 9/8/1868.Retrofitted: 1890-1892 Haliç Shipyards, Istanbul 1900-1907 Germania Shipyards, Kiel Germany. Asar-ı Tevfik has seen action during the Russo-Turkish war of (1877-78) "93 Harbi".
On August 24 while anchored at Sohumkale 3 Russian gunboats Miner, Navarin ve Sinop attacked and caused torpedo damage below the water level which was repaired at Batum (Batumi).She took part in the Dardanelles operation on 18th January 1913 and was damaged by gun fire and later received more damage from Bulgarian guns and eventually became a wreck on 25th January 1913.
On 11/2/1913 she grounded at Yalıköy. Scuttled by the crew after the removal of guns.

Barbette - (formerly) a mound of earth inside a fort from which heavy gun can be fired over the parapet hill, mound - structure consisting of an artificial heap or bank usually of earth or stones; "they built small mounds to hide behind". For warships it is a single gun, or a number of guns, mounted in barbette, or partially protected by a parapet or turret. \Bar*bette"\, n. [F. Cf. {Barbet}.] (Fort.){En barbette}, {In barbette}, said of guns when they are elevated so as to fire over the top of a parapet, and not through embrasures.{Barbette gun}, or {Barbette battery}, a single gun, or a number of guns, mounted in barbette, or partially protected by a parapet or turret.{Barbette carriage}, a gun carriage which elevates guns sufficiently to be in barbette