NUSRET IN DOCK 12

NUSRET A TURKISH MINELAYER 1913

FWD PORT QTR VEIW -------- AFT PORT QTR VEIW

A CLOSE UP VEIW OF THE BRIDGE AREA

DETAIL OF MIDSHIPS BULKHEAD WORK RQD ---------- AFT VEIW WITH PARTS THAT NEED UPGRADE

OVERHEAD VEIW OF BASIC BOW DETAILS ( MUCH TO BE UPGRADED )

BOW OVERHEAD VEIW --------- STERN OVERHEAD VEIW

PORT SIDE BASIC DETAIL WORKS SO FAR

BOW VEIW ----------- STERN VEIW

STD VEIW OF WORK SO FAR

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Name: Nusret
Builder: Schiffs & Maschinenbau AG Germania, Kiel, German Empire
Laid down: 1911
Launched: 4 December 1911
Commissioned: 1913
Decommissioned: October 1918 and laid up

History

Turkey

Name: Nusret (1922), Yardim (1937), Nusret (1939), Kaptan Nusret (1966)

Decommissioned: 1955 and laid up at Gölcük, for conversion to museum ship

Reclassified: Diver vessel (1937), tender (1939)

Refit: Sold 1962 to commercial interests and rebuilt 1962-1966 to general cargo motorship

Fate: April 1989 capsized near Mersin, 1999 salvaged, 2003 memorial/museum ship

General characteristics

Type: Minelayer
Displacement: 365 t
Length: 40.20 m (131 ft 11 in) (LPP)
Beam: 7.50 m (24 ft 7 in)
Depth: 3.40 m (11 ft 2 in)

Installed power: 1200ihp

Propulsion:

2 triple 3 cyl. vertical engines
2 Schultz water-tube boilers

Speed:

15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) (trials)
12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (1914)

Armament:

1913

2 × 47 mm quick fire gun (Krupp)
40 mines

1927

2 × 57mm quick fire gun
60 mines

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