| Name: | HAMIDIYE also known as ABDUL HAMID |
| Type: | Cruiser |
| Keel: | 04/1902 |
| Launched: | 25/09/1903 |
| Completed: | 07/05/1904 |
| Builder: | Armstrong, Whitworth & Co |
| Yard: | Elswick |
| Yard Number: | 732 |
| Dimensions: | 3805disp, 340.0 x 48.0 x 16.0(draft)ft |
| Engines: | 2 x VT4cyl (32, 50, & 56, 56 x 27ins), 12000ihp |
| Engines by: | R & W Hawthorn, Leslie, Newcastle |
| Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 22.0knots |
| Construction: | Steel |
| Armament: | 2 x 1 x 6.0ins, 8 x 1 x 4.7ins, 6 x 1 x 6pdr guns; 2 x 18.0ins torpedoes |
| History: | |
| 07/05/1904 | Ottoman (Turkish) Navy |
| 09/1964 | Broken up |
| Comments: | 1908: The name of ABDUL HAMID dropped after the Young Turk Revolution |
| 22/11/1912: Torpedoed by Bulgarian torpedo boats which blew a | |
| 40ft x 20ft hole in her bow. Reached Constantiniple under own steam. | |
| 14/01/1913: Sank Greek auxiliary cruiser MACEDONIA | |
| 1914 to 1918: Served against Russian forces | |
| 03/1947: Stricken from the navy list | |
| 09/1964: Broken up at Pasabahce |
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