Turkish First Rate ship of the line 'Mesudiye' (1798)

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Mesudiye
Nominal Guns	118	ref:552
Nationality	Ottoman Empire
Operator	State Navy
Launched	1798	ref:552
How acquired	Purpose built	ref:552
Shipyard	Constantinople - Turkey	ref:552
Designed by	Jean-Baptiste BenoitTurkish Ship Builder	ref:552
Constructor	Jean-Baptiste BenoitTurkish Ship Builder	ref:552
Category	First Rate	ref:552
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	W006
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged
Last Mentioned	1864	W006

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:553
Length of Keel65Turkish Zirai49.27 (161′ 7″ Imperial)

Date# of MenNotesSource
17981,180

DateEventSource
30.6.1807Battle of Lemnos
1830

Rebuilt

IDNameAuthorType

W006Teemu Koivumaki, Web Site

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Posted by George L. Campbell on Sunday 26th of January 2014 19:26

Could you include an illustration of this large ship of the line?

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