Laliyini umkhumbi-ngwenya wama-Ottoman i-Hifz-ur Rahman?
Context:I-Hifz-ur Rahman (Ottoman Turkish: Umvikeli Onesihe) kwakuyisibili kwezimbili ze-Lüft-ü Celil-class ironclads ezakhelwe i-Ottoman Navy ngasekupheleni kwawo-1860. Ekuqaleni eyalelwa yiKhedivate yaseGibhithe, izwe elizimele le-Ottoman Empire, uhulumeni ophakathi wase-Ottoman waphoqa iGibhithe ukuba linikele i-Hifz-ur Rahman ngenkathi isakhiwa eFrench Forges et Chantiers de la Gironde shipyard. Umkhumbi wawungumkhumbi onombhoshongo, owawuhlomile ngezibhamu ezimbili ze-Armstrong ezingama-229 mm (9 in) nezibhamu ezimbili ze-Armstrong ezingama-178 mm (7 in), zombili zaziyizimpi ezijikelezayo.  IHifz-ur Rahman yasebenza ngesikhathi sempi yaseRussia neTurkey ngo-1877-1878, lapho yayisebenza khona eDanube ukuzama ukuvimbela amabutho aseRussia ukuthi awele umfula. Ngesikhathi evikela itheku laseSulina, wabhekana nezikebhe zempi zaseRussia esenzweni esingagculisi. Wahlala iminyaka engamashumi amabili, kwaze kwaqubuka impi yamaGrikhi namaTurkey ngo-1897, eyagcizelela isimo esibi somkhumbi wama-Ottoman. Kwaqalwa uhlelo olukhulu lokwakha kabusha, futhi iHifz-ur Rahman yakhiwa kabusha e-Imperial Arsenal ekuqaleni kwawo-1890. Noma kunjalo, awubange usasebenza futhi wathengiswa ngo-1909.
I-Hifz-ur Rahman kwakuwumkhumbi omkhulu ezinsukwini zakudala zombuso wama-Ottoman. Yayinezibhamu eziningi ezinamandla. Yalwa ezimpini neRussia futhi kamuva yalwa namaGreki. Kamuva ekuphileni kwayo yabuyiselwa kodwa impi entsha yabona futhi. Ngokudabukisayo, yagcina ingasekho.