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Intibah

Intibah

Sunk

Ottoman Navy

TypeSteamer
WarRusso-Turkish War
Main guns1 × 76 mm Krupp gun

Armed steamer on guard at Batum. Sunk by two Whitehead torpedoes, the first ship ever sunk by a self-propelled torpedo.

İntibah mayın gemisi, 1914 Photo: Ottoman Navy, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

  • 1 × 76 mm Krupp gun
  • 2 × single QF 47 mm guns
  • 50 mines
BuilderRobert Duncan and Company, Glasgow
Laid down1886
Launched1886
Length61.2 m (200 ft 9 in) (o/a)
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement12 officers, 46 sailors (1915)

As built, from the ship's Wikipedia article. Figures there may cover later refits too.

Career

Launched

1886

26 January 1878