Ottoman ironclad Iclaliye

Iclaliye in the Golden Horn
Class overview
NameIclaliye class
Operators Ottoman Navy
Preceded byFeth-i Bülend class
Succeeded byMesudiye
History
Ottoman Empire
NameIclaliye
Namesake"Glorious"
BuilderStabilimento Tecnico Triestino
Laid downMay 1868
Launched1869
CommissionedFebruary 1871
Decommissioned1928
FateBroken up, 1928
General characteristics
TypeCentral battery ship
Displacement2,228 metric tons (2,193 long tons)
Length66 m (216 ft 6 in) (loa)
Beam12.8 m (42 ft)
Draft4.8 m (15 ft 9 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph)
Complement
  • 16 officers
  • 132 enlisted men
Armament
  • 2 × 228 mm (9 in) Armstrong guns
  • 3 × 178 mm (7 in) Armstrong guns
Armor

Iclaliye ("Glorious") was a unique ironclad warship built for the Ottoman Navy in the late 1860s and early 1870s. She was ordered from the Austro-Hungarian shipyard Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, was laid down in May 1868, and was completed in February 1871. The design for Iclaliye was based on the earlier Asar-i Şevket-class ironclads built in France, though she carried a slightly more powerful armament consisting of two 228 mm (9 in) Armstrong guns and three 178 mm (7 in) Armstrong guns. During the Russo-Turkish War she supported Ottoman forces fighting in the Caucasus. She spent most of the rest her career out of service, as the Ottoman Navy was allowed to languish. In 1912, the Navy activated the ancient Iclaliye to help provide artillery support to the forces defending Constantinople. She served in subsidiary roles, including as a training ship and a barracks ship, until 1928 when she was decommissioned and broken up.