class cruiser class pair torpedo cruisers built german shipyard class comprised ships ordered program ottoman fleet turn century ships small vessels metric tons long tons short tons heavily armed size torpedo tubes pair guns smaller weapons ship saw action italo turkish war interned spent war confined main ottoman fleet ships took active role balkan wars frequently providing gunfire support ottoman troops world war ships served black_sea conducted patrols escorted convoys attacked russian ports january mined seven months later torpedoed british submarine ships repaired returned service end war ships kept service new lengthy ships extensively modernized late 1930s remained service finally decommissioned vessels ultimately broken early 1950s design class classified torpedo cruiser referred torpedo ships authorized ordered krupp owned shipyard germany deal elderly ironclad cruisers naval reconstruction program began late 1890s following turkish war ottoman fleet unable play active role characteristics ships long beam draft displaced long tons short tons sea trials displacement increased long tons short tons ships fitted pole masts foremast aft conning tower main mast aft forecastle deck extended base forward funnel quarterdeck stepped aft mainmast steel ships carried armor protection crew numbered officers enlisted men completed risen ships powered pair vertical triple expansion engines driving screw propeller coal fired water tube boilers manufactured funnels engines rated indicated horsepower speed knots mph trials reached mph poor maintenance heavy use reduced speed mph class ships storage capacity long tons short tons coal provided cruising radius nautical miles class cruisers primary offensive armament torpedo tubes mounted bow water deck mounted swivel launchers amidships armed pair quick firing caliber guns placed shielded single mounts forecastle quarterdeck carried caliber guns mounted pair guns machine guns modifications ships rebuilt late 1930s incorporated substantial improvements stem stern rebuilt new bow superstructure reconstructed old gun armament replaced pair caliber guns caliber guns received equipment handle naval mines ships service history ships saw extensive service ottoman fleet course decade following arrival november took fleet maneuver conducted fleet years ship saw action italo turkish war interned british controlled outbreak war stationed reserve fleet risk confrontation significantly stronger italian fleet ships saw combat balkan war primarily supporting ottoman forces ashore ships provided gunfire support ottoman army holding line defense capital constantinople took brief skirmishes ottoman_empire joined world war november primarily operated black_sea frequently patrolled ottoman coast particularly escorted convoys western convoy operations january struck wrecked stern towed constantinople repaired returning service returned carried munitions defending ottoman forces august torpedoed british submarine badly damaged repairs lasting ships convoy escorts black_sea final year war cruisers retained new following end turkish war independence names shortened lengthy followed modernized decade later ships remained service stricken naval register laid naval shipyard scrapped
Peyk-i Şevket-class cruiser