Description
Two-deckers in general
Two-deckers were sail warships widely used in the 18th and 19th centuries. They carried their guns (70-90 cannons) on two fully armed decks and their crew consisted of 500-700 men.
They were also called ships of the line (french. vaisseau de ligne) from the line formation during battle, where the two columns of opposing warships maneuvered to fire with their cannons along their broadside.
The two-decker Kûh-I Revan
Kûh-I Revan ( کوه روان, meaning Floating Mountain) was built in 1819. and took part in most naval expeditions of the Ottoman Navy against the revolting Greeks during the Greek War of Independence. Being the Turkish flagship, and despite having unrepaired damages from previous battles, Kûh-I Revan was in the front line of the Ottoman forces in Navarino next to the Egyptian flagship. Kûh-I Revan was obliterated by Admiral Codrington’s Asia soon after began.
Bibliography
Mahmuzlu, Ekin, Kûh-ı Revan Historical Documentation, NAVS Project working document, 2021
Emer, Yenir, ‘Ottoman Seapower and Naval Technology during Catherine II’s Turkish Wars 1768-1792’, International Naval Journal, Vol.(9), Is. 1, pp. 4-15, 2016
Woodhouse Christopher, The Battle of Navarino, London: Hodder & Stoughton, 1965
Μ. Simpsas, ΝΑVΑΡRΝΟΝ, Athens 1974 (in Greek)
G. Kremos, The Battle of Navarino, Special edition 160 year anniversary 1827 – 1987, publ. EMEIS, Αθήνα 1987 (in Greek)
