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Asar-i Şevket-class Ironclad
The ''Asar-i Şevket'' class of ironclad warships consisted of two vessels, and , built for the Ottoman Navy in the 1860s. The ships were constructed in France and were based on the design of the earlier ironclad . The two vessels, built as central battery ships, carried an armament of four Armstrong guns in a central casemate and one Armstrong gun in a revolving barbette atop the casemate. Both ships served during the Russo-Turkish War of 1877–1878, where they operated against Russian forces in the Black Sea. They were primarily tasked with supporting Ottoman forces ashore in the Caucasus. After the war, both vessels were placed in reserve, and saw no further activity until 1897, when they were mobilized at the start of the Greco-Turkish War (1897), Greco-Turkish War. Like the rest of the Ottoman fleet, both ships were in poor condition and were unable to be used offensively. ''Asar-i Şevket'' was decommissioned and sold for scrap in the 1900s but ''Necm-i Şevket'' linge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forges Et Chantiers De La Gironde
Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde (literally translated ''Forges and dockyards of the Gironde'') was a French shipbuilder at Lormont near Bordeaux on the Gironde estuary. The company was previously called ''Usine de construction navale Chaigneau et Bichon'', then ''Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde S.A. Ets Schneider'', before becoming ''Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde''. It is today the ''Construction Navale de Bordeaux'' (CNB). Ships The company built naval ships. Its products included the Ottoman Navy s and , the (1886) and Ottoman ''Samsun'' class destroyers ''Basra'', ''Samsun'', ''Taşoz'' and ''Yarhisar'' (all 1907). For the French Navy its ships included the First World War sloop ''Dédaigneuse'' (1916), s ''Bougainville'' (1931) and ''Rigault de Genouilly'' (1932) and the (1933). In June 1939 the yard had launched another ''Bougainville'' class aviso, the ''Beautemps Beaupré''. At the Fall of France she was still being completed at the yard so on 24 June 1940 t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
