Ottoman frigate Ertuğrul

Voyage of frigate Ertuğrul to Japan, by Mirliva Osman Nuri Pasha (1839-1906).
History
Ottoman Empire
Name:	Ertuğrul
Launched:	19 October 1863
Fate:	Sunk off Kushimoto, Japan on 18 September 1890
General characteristics
Class and type:	Frigate
Tons burthen:	2,344 tons
Length:	79 m (260 ft)
Beam:	15.5 m (51 ft)
Draft:	8 m (26 ft)
Depth of hold:	25.6 m (84 ft)
Propulsion:	two horizontal engines of 600 hp
Armament:	8× 15 cm Krupp guns, 5× 150 lb (68 kg) Armstrong guns, 2× 4, 2× 3 font Krupp guns, 2× 5-barreled Hotchkiss guns, 2× 5-barreled, 4× Nordenfeld, 1× 12 lb (5.4 kg) and 1× 6 lb (2.7 kg) rocket launcher, 1× torpedo launcher, 2× torpedoes, 100× Martini-Henry rifles, 100× Winchester rifles, 40× pistols

Ertuğrul, launched in 1863, was a sailing frigate of the Ottoman Navy. While returning from a goodwill voyage from Japan in 1890, she encountered a typhoon off the coast of Wakayama Prefecture, subsequently drifted into a reef and sank. The maritime accident resulted in the loss of 533 sailors, including Rear Admiral Ali Osman Pasha. Only sixty-nine sailors and officers survived and returned home later aboard two Japanese corvettes. The event is still commemorated as a foundation stone of Japanese-Turkish friendship.

Ertuğrul, ordered in 1854 by Ottoman Sultan Abdülâziz (reigned 1861–1876), was built in the Taşkızak Shipyard (Tersâne-i Âmire) in Golden Horn, Constantinople and was launched on 19 October 1863 in presence of the Sultan. She was named for Ertuğrul Gazi (1198–1281), the father of Osman I, founder of the Ottoman Empire. A three-mast wooden ship, she was 79 m (260 ft) long, 15.5 m (51 ft) wide and had a draft of 8 m (26 ft).

The frigate sailed to England in 1864, where she had steam engines and state of the art machinery installed, including electrical lighting.

On 18 February 1865, she left Portsmouth to return home with two other ships of the Ottoman Navy, Kosova and Hüdavendigâr, visiting some French and Spanish ports on the way. After arriving in Constantinople, she anchored awhile in the Bosphorus in front of the Dolmabahçe Palace and later took part in the campaign against the Cretan Revolt in 1866. Subsequently she was locked up in Golden Horn during the reign of Abdul Hamid II (1876–1909).