Following the end of the war, the government decided to begin a naval reconstruction program. The first stage was to rebuild the older armored warships, including "Mesudiye". Requests for proposals were sent to foreign shipyards, and in October 1898 the Gio. Ansaldo & C. shipyard in Genoa requested permission to survey the ship and the ironclad . Both vessels were accordingly sent to Genoa in January 1899, arriving on the 28th, though Ansaldo only received the contract for "Mesudiye". "Mesudiye" was rebuilt into a pre-dreadnought type vessel.