Mesudiye

Sunk

Type	Ironclad
Wars	First Balkan War, First World War
Main guns	12 × 10″ guns

Central-battery ironclad of 1874. Sunk in the Dardanelles by the British submarine B11 in December 1914.

The Ottoman ironclad Ottoman ironclad Mesudiye 2. Photographed at Constantinople with AVN -1 ILAH in the background. Photo: Unknown, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Armament and specifications

Armament

12 × RML 10 inch 18 ton guns
3 × RML 7 inch guns

Armour

Belt: 305 mm (12 in)
Battery: 254 mm (10 in)

Builder	Thames Ironworks
Laid down	1872
Launched	28 October 1874
Commissioned	December 1875
Displacement	8,938 metric tons (8,797 long tons)
Length	101.02 m (331 ft 5 in)
Speed	13.7 kn (25.4 km/h; 15.8 mph)
Complement	700

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

Career

Launched

28 October 1874

Battle of Elli

Survived

16 December 1912 · First Balkan War

3 killed

Battle of Lemnos

Damaged

18 January 1913 · First Balkan War

One shell caused 68 casualties

Sinking of Mesudiye

Sunk

13 December 1914 · First World War

Capsized at anchor