Ottoman ironclad Muin-i Zafer
Muin-i Zafer in Constantinople, sometime before 1894
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| Name: | Muin-i Zafer |
| Namesake: | "Aid to Triumph" |
| Ordered: | 1867 |
| Builder: | Samuda Brothers, Cubitt Town |
| Laid down: | 1868 |
| Launched: | June 1869 |
| Commissioned: | 1870 |
| Decommissioned: | 1932 |
| Fate: | Broken up, 1934 |
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| Displacement: | 2,362 metric tons (2,325 long tons; 2,604 short tons) |
| Length: | 68.9 m (226 ft 1 in) (lpp) |
| Beam: | 10.9 m (35 ft 9 in) |
| Draft: | 5 m (16 ft 5 in) |
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| Propulsion: | 1 horizontal compound engine |
| Speed: | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
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| Armament: | 4 × 228 mm (9.0 in) guns |
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Muin-i Zafer (Ottoman Turkish: Aid to Triumph) was the second of two Avnillah-class casemate ships built for the Ottoman Navy in the late 1860s. The ship was laid down in 1868, launched in 1869, and she was commissioned into the fleet the following year. A central battery ship, she was armed with a battery of four 228 mm (9.0 in) guns in a central casemate, and was capable of a top speed of 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph).
Muin-i Zafer saw action during the Russo-Turkish War in 1877–1878, where she supported Ottoman forces in the Caucasus. After the war, she was placed in reserve and allowed to deteriorate; by the outbreak of the Greco-Turkish War in 1897, she was in unserviceable condition. Muin-i Zafer was reconstruction by Gio. Ansaldo & C. after the war, and was later converted for secondary duties, including as a training ship in 1913, a barracks ship in 1920, and a depot ship for submarines in 1928. The ship was ultimately decommissioned in 1932 and broken up in 1934.
Muin-i Zafer was 68.9 m (226 ft 1 in) long between perpendiculars, with a beam of 10.9 m (35 ft 9 in) and a draft of 5 m (16 ft 5 in). The hull was constructed with iron, incorporated a partial double bottom, and displaced 2,362 metric tons (2,325 long tons; 2,604 short tons) normally and 1,399 t (1,377 long tons; 1,542 short tons) BOM. She had a crew of 15 officers and 130 enlisted men.
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