List of Turkish sail battleships
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This is a list of ships of the line
(kalyon) of the Ottoman Empire
and its vessels in North Africa during the period 1500-1859:
Ships marked * are from a 1679 list of the Tripolitan fleet
, an Ottoman admiral defected and sailed virtually the entire Ottoman fleet to Alexandria where it joined the Egyptian fleet. The Egyptian fleet sailed out to meet it, and there was a chance of a major battle until it was realized they were friendly. The ships were returned in 1840. The ships involved are marked *. Some of the later ships are probably duplicates due to poor transliteration/translation of names:
Ship of the line
A ship of the line was a type of naval warship constructed from the 17th through the mid-19th century to take part in the naval tactic known as the line of battle, in which two columns of opposing warships would manoeuvre to bring the greatest weight of broadside guns to bear...
(kalyon) of the Ottoman Empire
Ottoman Empire
The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...
and its vessels in North Africa during the period 1500-1859:
Algiers Province
- ? c. 50 - Scuttled in battle 1624
- ? 46 - Sunk 1665
- Marygold - Captured by EnglandEnglandEngland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
1677, wrecked 1679 - ? - Captured by England as Tiger Prize 1678, scuttled as breakwater 1696
- ? - Captured by England 1679, renamed Greyhound 42
- Golden Horse - Captured by England 1681, scuttled 1688
- Half Moon - Captured by England 1681, burnt 1686
- Two Lions - Captured by England 1681, sold 1688
- Star 50 - Captured by RomeRomeRome is the capital of Italy and the country's largest and most populated city and comune, with over 2.7 million residents in . The city is located in the central-western portion of the Italian Peninsula, on the Tiber River within the Lazio region of Italy.Rome's history spans two and a half...
1695 - Half Moon 40 - Captured by MaltaMaltaMalta , officially known as the Republic of Malta , is a Southern European country consisting of an archipelago situated in the centre of the Mediterranean, south of Sicily, east of Tunisia and north of Libya, with Gibraltar to the west and Alexandria to the east.Malta covers just over in...
1713 - ? 56 - Sank 1714
- other battleships and/or frigates which took part in battles in 1696, 1791 and 1827
Egypt Province
- Mehalet el Kebir class (100-gun):
- Mahalet-el-Koubra (al-Muhallet al-Kubra) (ex-Mohamed Ali) 100 (1831, Alexandria) - Extant 1849
- Mansourah (al-Mansurah) (ex-Ibrahim) 96 (1831, Alexandria) - Extant 1849
- Iskander (Iskandr/al-Iskandariyah) 98 (1832, Alexandria) - Extant 1850
- Homs (Hims) 100 (1833, Alexandria) - Rachid 1850, extant 1850
- Koniah (Alep) 100 (1837, Alexandria) - Aleppo, ?extant 1863
- Fayoum (1838, Alexandria) - ?Extant 1863
- Benisouef (1838, Alexandria) - ?Extant 1863
- Misr class (136/138-gun):
- Masr (Misr/al-Qahirah) 136 (30 Jul 1832, Alexandria) - 102-gun, extant 1850
- Aké 136 (25 Mar 1833, Alexandria) - 100-gun, extant 1854
- Beylan class (80-gun):
- Beylan 86 (1835, Alexandria) - Extant 1864
- Barecham (1838, Alexandria) - Accidentally burnt before completion 22-5-1838
- Aboukir (58/72-gun):
- Aboukir (Abu Qur) (1832, Alexandria) - ?Service ended before 1850
- Others:
- Al Qahirah 100 (18??) - ?
- Sham 100 (18??) - ?
Tripolitania Province
- White Crowned Eagle 50 - Captured and sunk by the English, 1676
- ?* (Half Moon?) 42
- ?* (Half Moon?) 42
- ?* (Dragon?) 38
- Sun* 40
- Flying Horse* 38
- ? 56 - Burnt 1709
- ? 48 - Captured by Malta 1723
Ships marked * are from a 1679 list of the Tripolitan fleet
Tunis Province
- ? 40 - Captured by Malta 1628
- ? 46 - Captured by Malta 1640
- Rose of Tunis 46 - Captured by Malta 1706, renamed Santa Croce
- ? 38 - Captured by FranceFranceThe French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
1727, to Tunis 1727
Ottoman Empire
In 1839, during the war with EgyptEgypt Province, Ottoman Empire
Egypt was conquered by the Ottoman Empire in 1517, following the Ottoman–Mamluk War and the loss of Syria to the Ottomans in 1516. Egypt was administrated as an eyalet of the Ottoman Empire from 1517 until 1867, with an interruption during the French occupation of 1798 to 1801.Egypt was always a...
, an Ottoman admiral defected and sailed virtually the entire Ottoman fleet to Alexandria where it joined the Egyptian fleet. The Egyptian fleet sailed out to meet it, and there was a chance of a major battle until it was realized they were friendly. The ships were returned in 1840. The ships involved are marked *. Some of the later ships are probably duplicates due to poor transliteration/translation of names:
- Comte Maurice 50 - Sunk 1609
- ? 60? - Captured by NaplesNaplesNaples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...
1618 - ? 50 - Sank 1630
- ? 50
- ? 46
- ? 54 - Captured by Malta and sank, 1654
- Tre Naranceri 40 - Sunk 1662
- ? 60-70? - Captured by privateers 1669
- ? 60-70? - Blew up 1669
- Nachis 70 - Burnt 1686
- ? (ex-Venetian San Iseppo/San Giuseppe 44, captured 1690) - Possibly captured by Algeria, not Ottoman Empire
- Beneghem 66 - Captured by Malta 1700
- ? 58 (ex-RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n Bozhie Predvyedenie, captured 1710) - ? 50 (ex-Russian Lastka, captured 1710)
- ? 48 - Captured by Malta 1732
- ? (ex-SwedishSwedenSweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
Sverige 80) - Wrecked during transfer voyage 1738 - "Corona Ottomana" 70 - Carried by own slaves to Malta 1760, renamed San Salvadore, to France 1760/61, to the Ottoman Empire 1761
- Real Mustafa 84 - Blew up at the Battle of ChesmaBattle of ChesmaThe naval Battle of Chesma took place on 5 -7 July 1770 near and in Çeşme Bay, in the area between the western tip of Anatolia and the island of Chios, which was the site of a number of past naval battles between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice...
, 1770 - ? 100 - Flagship at the Battle of ChesmaBattle of ChesmaThe naval Battle of Chesma took place on 5 -7 July 1770 near and in Çeşme Bay, in the area between the western tip of Anatolia and the island of Chios, which was the site of a number of past naval battles between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice...
, 1770, where it was burnt - ? 50 - Burnt at the Battle of ChesmaBattle of ChesmaThe naval Battle of Chesma took place on 5 -7 July 1770 near and in Çeşme Bay, in the area between the western tip of Anatolia and the island of Chios, which was the site of a number of past naval battles between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice...
, 1770 - ? 50 - Burnt at the Battle of ChesmaBattle of ChesmaThe naval Battle of Chesma took place on 5 -7 July 1770 near and in Çeşme Bay, in the area between the western tip of Anatolia and the island of Chios, which was the site of a number of past naval battles between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice...
, 1770 - (11 battleships) - Burnt at the Battle of ChesmaBattle of ChesmaThe naval Battle of Chesma took place on 5 -7 July 1770 near and in Çeşme Bay, in the area between the western tip of Anatolia and the island of Chios, which was the site of a number of past naval battles between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice...
, 1770 - Rodos 60 - Captured by Russia at the Battle of ChesmaBattle of ChesmaThe naval Battle of Chesma took place on 5 -7 July 1770 near and in Çeşme Bay, in the area between the western tip of Anatolia and the island of Chios, which was the site of a number of past naval battles between the Ottoman Empire and the Republic of Venice...
, 1770, sank 1770 - ? 66 - Aground and destroyed at Kos, 1770
- ? 74 - Destroyed Mitylene, 1771
- ? 74 - Destroyed Mitylene, 1771
- ? 54/60 - Blew up, 1787
- ? 66 (ex-Russian Maria Magadalina, captured 1787)
- ? 64 - Burnt 1788
- ? 64 - Burnt 1788
- ? 54 - Aground and captured by Russia 1788 and renamed Leontii Mutchenik 62
- (5 battleships) 40-60 - Aground and destroyed 1788
- ? 74 - Burnt and blew up at the Battle of TendraBattle of TendraThe naval Battle of Tendra, fought on 8 and 9 September 1790 in the Black Sea as part of the Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792, was a victory for Russian Empire over the Ottoman Empire....
, 1790 - Melike Bahri 66 - Captured by Russia at the Battle of TendraBattle of TendraThe naval Battle of Tendra, fought on 8 and 9 September 1790 in the Black Sea as part of the Russo-Turkish War, 1787-1792, was a victory for Russian Empire over the Ottoman Empire....
, 1790, renamed Ioann Predtecha - ? 64 - Aground and sank 1807
- Sedd-ül Bahir 84 - Captured by Russia 1807, captured by France 1809
- Anka-yi bahri 84
- Taus i bahri 84
- Tevfik-numa 84
- Bisharet (or Biafaret?) 84
- Kilid-i bahri 84
- Sayyad-i bahri 74
- Gulbang-i-Nusrat 74
- Jebel-andaz 74
- ? - Destroyed by fireship 1821
- Mansur el liwa 84 - Destroyed by fireship 1822
- ? - Destroyed by fireship 1822
- Ghyu h Rewan 84 - Flagship at the Battle of NavarinoBattle of NavarinoThe naval Battle of Navarino was fought on 20 October 1827, during the Greek War of Independence in Navarino Bay , on the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, in the Ionian Sea. A combined Ottoman and Egyptian armada was destroyed by a combined British, French and Russian naval force...
, 1827, where it was damaged
- Fatih Bahri 74 - Sunk at the Battle of NavarinoBattle of NavarinoThe naval Battle of Navarino was fought on 20 October 1827, during the Greek War of Independence in Navarino Bay , on the west coast of the Peloponnese peninsula, in the Ionian Sea. A combined Ottoman and Egyptian armada was destroyed by a combined British, French and Russian naval force...
, 1827 - Ainduie 74
- Bekberi-kufret 74
- Faouish* 100
- Fivrie 74
- Nizâmiye 72
- Raousierie* 100
Ottoman ships of the line, 1839
| Name | Built | Number of guns | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mukkademe-i Hayir | 1806 | 74 | |
| Selimiye | 1809 | 128 | |
| Necm-i Şevket | 1815 | 80 | |
| Burc-ı Zafer | 1815 | 74 | |
| Hıfz-ı Rahmân | 1826 | 64 | |
| Fethiye | 1827 | 96 | |
| Mahmûdiy | 1829 | 128 | |
| Memdûhiye | 1833 | 96 | |
| Teşrifiye | 1834 | 96 | |
| Teşvikiye | 1834 | 96 | |
| Nusretiye | 1835 | 64 | |
| Tevfikiye | 1836 | 64 | |
| Şadiye | 1836 | 64 | |
| Fethiye | 1836 | 96 | |
Sources
- İsmail Hami Danişmend, İzahlı Osmanlı Tarihi Kronolojisi, 4. Cilt, Türkiye Yayınevi, p. 148.
- Candan Badem, The Ottoman Crimean War (1853-1856), Brill, 2010, p. 117.