ottoman battleship pre dreadnought battleship laid constantinople imperial dockyard vessel type ordered ottoman_empire ship capital ship laid ottomans decade main armament guns armoured belt thick work proceeded ship slowly primarily result lack funds years frames hull erected time work stopped hull partially unfinished ship ultimately broken scrap design pre dreadnought battleship followed series ironclad warships built 1860s 1870s sultan deposed played role coup installed throne new sultan result suspicious navy attempted reduce power funding ordering new capital ships course following decade late 1880s ships built predecessors rapidly especially compared foreign designs like british royal sovereign class battleships importantly major rival ottoman fleet ordered class ironclad battleships ships smaller older ottoman ironclads kept better state readiness ottoman vessels left idle little maintenance ottoman government authorized large construction program included battleships based metric ton long ton short ton cruisers smaller vessels class battleships built instead smaller design named ordered year elderly central battery ironclad largest ships general characteristics armour long beam draft designed displaced metric tons long tons short tons powered pair vertical triple expansion engines driving screw propeller steam provided coal fired boilers engines boilers manufactured engines estimated rated indicated horsepower provided speed knots mph ship capacity metric tons long tons short tons coal armoured belt thick wide upper decks main belt armor protection transverse bulkheads connecting ends belt thick main battery guns mounted barbettes thick armament german firm krupp secured contract supply ship armament designed carry main battery guns twin turrets centerline forward aft secondary battery comprised guns casemates close range defense torpedo boats provided battery quick firing guns guns single mounts armament suite rounded torpedo tubes water mounts planned armament revised guns replaced guns single turrets number guns increased guns replaced guns number guns increased torpedo tubes removed construction laid october steel frames hull erected work proceeded slowly frequently stopped primarily tight ottoman budget instance work halted time contemporary journal navy predicted ship finished similar large scale building projects period fell apart lack funds major construction program launched aftermath poor performance turkish war stalled funds appropriated new ships work stopped time hull partially time blocks supported hull construction shifted destroyed keel result unfinished ship broken
Ottoman battleship Abdül Kadir