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Bedr-i Zafer

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Nominal Guns50ref:552
NationalityOttoman Empire
OperatorState Navy
Launched1799ref:552
How acquiredPurpose builtref:552
ShipyardEregli ref:552
Designed by
Jacques Balthazar Brun de Sainte-CatherineFrench
Designer
Ship Builder
Service 1793-1829
ref:552
Constructor
Dimitri KalfaTurkish
Ship Builder
ref:552
CategoryFourth Rateref:552
Ship TypeFrigateref:552
Sailing RigShip Riggedref:552
Captured5.7.1808TRN5

Dimensions


DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:552
Length of Keel53Turkish Zirai40.174 (131′ 9″ Imperial)

Crew Complement


Date# of MenNotesSource
1799450 ref:552
5.7.1807543 TRN5

1 Ship Commander


DatesRankNameSource
1808 - 5.7.1808Kapudane
Küçük AliTurkish
Naval Sailor
Service 1807
TRN5

Service History


DateEventSource
30.6.1807Battle of Lemnos
5.7.1808Action of 5th July 1808


Notes on Ship


Fateref:946

Registered after capture as 1256 tons builder's measurement. Sold to a private owner and renamed Nimrod. Reported by the Public Ledger and Daily Advertiser of 21 February 1811 to sail 'astonishingly fast'. Appears as Badere Zaffer (or similar) in English-language sources.



 
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