List of wrecked or lost ships of the Ottoman steam navy

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This is a list of Ottoman Navy steamships lost during Italo-Ottoman War, Balkan Wars and World War I:

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Italo-Ottoman War

Italian cruiser bombarding Ottoman vessels in Beirut harbor. Beirut battle.jpg
Italian cruiser bombarding Ottoman vessels in Beirut harbor.
NameLocationDateCause
Antalya (torpedo boat)Preveza29 Sept. 1911Scuttled by crew after the Battle of Preveza. Salvaged by Greeks on 29 Nov. 1912. Royal Hellenic Navy Nikopolis in 1913. [1]
Tokad (torpedo boat)Preveza29 Sept. 1911Run aground by crew at the Battle of Preveza. Salvaged by Greeks on 29 Nov. 1912. Royal Hellenic Navy Totoi in 1913. [1]
Hamidiye (torpedo boat)Reşadiye (present day: Igoumenitsa)30 Sep. 1911Sunk by gunfire from Italian destroyers at the Battle of Preveza. [2] [3]
Alpagot (torpedo boat)Reşadiye, (present day: Igoumenitsa)30 Sep. 1911Sunk by gunfire from Italian destroyers at the Battle of Preveza. [2]
Kastamonu (gunboat)Konfida (Kunfuda, present day: Al Qunfudhah, Al Bahah Province, Saudi Arabia), Red Sea 7 Jan. 1912Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Piemonte and destroyer Artigliere at the Battle of Kunfuda Bay. [4] [1]
Gökçedağ (gunboat)Konfida, Red Sea7 Jan. 1912Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Piemonte and destroyer Artigliere at the Battle of Kunfuda Bay. [5]
Refahiye (gunboat)Konfida, Red Sea7 Jan. 1912Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Piemonte and destroyer Artigliere at the Battle of Kunfuda Bay [5]
Ayintab (gunboat)Konfida, Red Sea7 Jan. 1912Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Piemonte and destroyer Artigliere at the Battle of Kunfuda Bay [5]
Ordu (gunboat)Konfida, Red Sea7 Jan. 1912Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Piemonte and destroyer Artigliere at the Battle of Kunfuda Bay [5]
Bafra (gunboat)Konfida, Red Sea7 Jan. 1912Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Piemonte and destroyer Artigliere at the Battle of Kunfuda Bay. [5]
Avnillah (armoured corvette) 33°54′N35°31′E / 33.900°N 35.517°E / 33.900; 35.517 , Port of Beirut 24 Feb. 1912Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi and Varese at the Battle of Beirut. [6]
Ankara (torpedo boat) 33°54′N35°31′E / 33.900°N 35.517°E / 33.900; 35.517 , Port of Beirut24 Feb. 1912Sunk by gunfire from Italian Giuseppe Garibaldi and Varese at the Battle of Beirut. [1]

Balkan Wars

The sinking of the Ottoman armoured corvette Feth-i Bulend as depicted in a lithograph. The commander of torpedo boat No 11 Nikolaos Votsis is shown in the lower left corner. Blowing up of 'Fetih-i-Bulend'.jpg
The sinking of the Ottoman armoured corvette Feth-i Bülend as depicted in a lithograph. The commander of torpedo boat No 11 Nikolaos Votsis is shown in the lower left corner.
NameLocationDateCause
No 9 (gunboat) Preveza 20 Oct. 1912Scuttled by crew. [7]
No 10 (gunboat)Preveza20 Oct. 1912Scuttled by crew. [7]
Feth-i Bülend (armoured corvette) Port of Thessaloniki 31 Oct. 1912Sunk by torpedo by Greek torpedo boat No 11 [6] with the loss of seven crew, including ship's imam. [8]
Trabzon (armed steamer)off Lesbos 9 Nov. 1912Sunk by torpedo by Greek torpedo boat No 14. Captain and engineer were killed in the explosion. [8] [9]
Âsâr-ı Tevfik (armoured corvette) 41°25′N28°29′E / 41.417°N 28.483°E / 41.417; 28.483 , near Çernes, [10] Black Sea 8-11 Feb. 1913 [10] Run aground on an uncharted sandbank while approaching to Podima (present day: Yalıköy, Çatalca). [11]

First World War

Graphic depiction of the raid by British submarine HMS B11, commanded by Norman Douglas Holbrook, on the Dardanelles leading to the sinking of the Ottoman armoured frigate Mesudiye Dardanelle raid sinking the Mesudiye.JPG
Graphic depiction of the raid by British submarine HMS B11, commanded by Norman Douglas Holbrook, on the Dardanelles leading to the sinking of the Ottoman armoured frigate Mesudiye
HMS E11 commanded by Martin Dunbar-Nasmith torpedoes the Stamboul off Constantinople, 25 May 1915. Drawing from the Illustrated London News. E11 in action.jpg
HMS E11 commanded by Martin Dunbar-Nasmith torpedoes the Stamboul off Constantinople, 25 May 1915. Drawing from the Illustrated London News .
NameLocationDateCause
Nilüfer (minelayer)about 10 miles northwest of the Bosporus 19 Nov. 1914Sunk by Russian mine. 55 lives lost. [12]
Mesudiye (armoured frigate)near Erenköy 26 Dec. 1914Sunk by British submarine HMS B11. [13]
Mecidiye (protected cruiser)15 nautical miles off Vorontsoskiy Lighthouse, Odessa 3 Apr. 1915Sunk by Russian mine. Salvaged by Russians on 8 June 1915. Commissioned as Prut Imperial Russian Navy. [14]
Demirhisar (torpedo boat) Chios 16 Apr. 1915Beached, the crew of one German and 23 Ottomans in interned by the Greeks. [15] Later Blown up by the British at Chios. [16]
Peleng-i Deryâ (torpedo gunboat)near Bakırköy 23 May 1915Torpedoed and sunk in shallow water by British submarine HMS E11 [17]
Nûr-ül Bâhir (gunboat)near Mürefte 1 May 1915Sunk by the British submarine HMS E14 with loss four officers and thirty-two crew. Twenty-nine men are rescued by Zuhaf. [18]
Barbaros Hayreddin (battleship) 40°27′N26°48′E / 40.450°N 26.800°E / 40.450; 26.800 , Sea of Marmara 8 Aug. 1915Sunk by British submarine HMS E11 in the Sea of Marmara. 253 lives lost. [19]
Samsun (minelayer) Erdek 14 Aug. 1915Sunk by British submarine HMS E2 with two officer and eight crew. [19] [20]
Yozgat (gunboat)near Kefken Island, Kandıra 9 Dec. 1915Sunk by gunfire from Russian Derzky-class destroyers Derzky, Gnevny and Bespokoyny at Second Battle of Kirpen Island [4] [21]
Taşköprü (gunboat)near Kefken Island, Kandıra9 Dec. 1915Sunk by gunfire from Russian Derzky-class destroyers Derzky, Gnevny and Bespokoyny at Second Battle of Kirpen Island. [5] [21]
Yarhisar (destroyer)off Yalova 3 Dec. 1915Sunk by British submarine HMS E11. [17]
Kütahya (torpedo boat)north of Karaburun, Arnavutköy 12 Sep. 1916Sunk by mine north of Karaburun [1]
Gayret-i Vataniye (destroyer) Varna 30 Oct. 1916Grounded off Varna. Blown up by crew after all useful equipment had been removed. [16]
Yadigâr-ı Millet (destroyer) İstinye 9–10 Jul. 1917Bombed and sunk by British aircraft at İstinye. Refloated and drydocked at Tersâne-i Âmire on 24 Oct. 1917. [16]
Hamidabad (torpedo gunboat)near İğneada 31 Oct. 1917Sunk by Russian Derzky-class destroyers Pylky and Bystry. [22] [23]
Midilli (cruiser) 40°05′N26°02′E / 40.083°N 26.033°E / 40.083; 26.033 , near Imbros 20 Jan. 1918Sunk after hitting four mines during the Battle of Imbros. [24]

Sources

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 156.
  2. 1 2 Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 15.
  3. ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 155.
  4. 1 2 Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 164.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 165.
  6. 1 2 Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 138.
  7. 1 2 Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 192.
  8. 1 2 Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 20.
  9. ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 176.
  10. 1 2 Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 137.
  11. ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 21.
  12. ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 190.
  13. ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 135.
  14. ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 149.
  15. ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 31.
  16. 1 2 3 Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 159.
  17. 1 2 Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 158.
  18. ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 36.
  19. 1 2 Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 141.
  20. ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 40.
  21. 1 2 Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 49.
  22. ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 53.
  23. ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 157.
  24. ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN   1-55750-659-0, p. 151.

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