List of sail frigates of the Ottoman Empire

This is a list of Ottoman Empire and allied sail and steam frigates of the period 1650-1867:
The guns listed are sometimes approximate as it's difficult to get accurate data for early Ottoman warships.

Algiers Eyalet

Tripolitania Eyalet

Ottoman Empire

17th century

18th century

Napoleonic era

Greek War of Independence

Ottoman frigates, 1829

Note that some of the later ships in this list may be repeats, due to bad transliteration.

Ottoman frigates, 1839

Name Built Number of guns Note
Muîn-i Rahmet 1828 40
Avnillah 1832 50
Yâver-i Tevfik 1832 32
Suriye 1833 56
Tâir-i Bahrî 1833 62
Mirat-ı Zafer 1834 44
Şihâb-ı Bahrî 1837 64
Pîr-i Şevket 1837 58
Nâvek-i Bahrî 1834 42

Ottoman frigates, 1853

Name Built Number of guns Note
Nusretiye 60
Reşid
Avnillah 1832 50 or 36 Aground and burnt at the Battle of Sinop 1853
Nizâmiye 64 or 60 Burnt/blew up at the Battle of Sinop 1853
Nesîm-i Zafer 48 or 32 Aground and burnt at the Battle of Sinop 1853
Fazlullah ex-Russian Rafail, captured 1829 48 or 38 Burnt/blew up at the Battle of Sinop 1853
Nâvek-i Bahrî 1834 42 or 52 Burnt/blew up at the Battle of Sinop 1853
Dimyâd 42 or 54
Kâ'id-i Zafer 22 or 50 Survived the Battle of Navarino 1827, burnt/blew up at the Battle of Sinop 1853
Nacm-i Zafer 52
Tâif 1846 30 Steam frigate
Mecidiye 1846 30 Steam frigate
Sâik-i Sâdî 1847 30 Steam frigate
Feyzâ-i Bahrî 1848 30 Steam frigate
Muhbir-i Sürûr 1847 22 Steam frigate
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    Notes

    1. ↑ 2 or 3 of the 4 frigates marked (A) sank in 1807
    2. ↑ 13 ships marked (N) were at the Battle of Navarino in 1827 and correspond to the 16 vessels below (there are some repeats) but it is not known which is which
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