Turkish Fifth Rate ship of the line 'Yılan Başlı' (1714)

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Yılan Başlı
The Snake
Nominal Guns	34	NWF
Nationality	Ottoman Empire
Operator	State Navy
Launched	1714	NWF
First Commissioned	1717	NWF
How acquired	Purpose built	NWF
Shipyard	Unknown	NWF
Category	Fifth Rate	NWF
Ship Type	Ship of the Line	NWF
Sailing Rig	Ship Rigged	NWF
Last known	1724	NWF

Dimensions

DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1667
Length of Gundeck47.23Meters154′ 11″ Imperial
Breadth13.64Meters44′ 9″ Imperial
Depth in Hold6.44Meters21′ 1″ Imperial
Burthen1.365Tons BM
DimensionMeasurementTypeMetric Equivalentref:1668
Length of Keel51.5Turkish Zirai38.658 (126′ 9″ Imperial)

Armament

1714Broadside Weight = 388 Turkish Okka (1097.264 lbs 497.7264 kg)ref:1667
Lower Gun Deck2 Turkish 3-Kantar Gun
Lower Gun Deck8 Turkish 1-Kantar Gun
Lower Gun Deck8 Turkish 14-Okka Gun
Upper Gun Deck16 Turkish 3-Okka Gun

Crew Complement

Date# of MenNotesSource
1718750There are 750 personnel in the 1718 expedition staff list. This number of soldiers was reduced to 650 for economic reasons.ref:1668

Service History

DateEventSource
12.6.1717Battle of Imbros
19.7.1717Battle of Matapan

Notes on Ship

ArmamentNWF
A unique ship with 2x"üç kantar" monster guns firing marble balls

Sources

IDNameAuthorType

NWFVarious, Web Site

ref:1667 Digital Book

ref:1668 Thesis

Previous comments on this page

Posted by Hilmi on Sunday 7th of March 2021 20:57

Yılan Başlı Galleon is 51.5 zira long in galleons list of 1730

According to the galleon construction edict, it is 18 zira deck width.

Possible dimensions according to this information

Length of Gundeck : 47,23 m. (from formule)
Length of Keel : 39,04 m. (51,5 zira)
Breadth : 13,64 m. (18 zira)
Dept in Hold : 6,44 m. (8,5 zira)
Bruthen : 1365 Tons BM.

Possible Armament by tonnage capacity.

Lower Gun Deck : 2 Turkish 132-Okka Gun
Lower Gun Deck : 8 Turkish 44-Okka Gun
Lower Gun Deck : 8 Turkish 14-Okka Gun
Upper Gun Deck : 16 Turkish 3-Okka Gun

Broadside Weight = 388 Turkish Okka (497,73 kg.)

Posted by Hilmi on Friday 29th of January 2021 16:24

British cannons information copy error. Sorry. Please delete those extra posts from the previous comment.

Posted by Hilmi on Friday 29th of January 2021 16:20

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