List of wrecked or lost ships of the Ottoman steam navy
This is a list of Ottoman Navy steamships lost during Italo-Ottoman War, Balkan Wars and World War I:
Italo-Ottoman War
Italian cruiser bombarding Ottoman vessels in Beirut harbor.
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
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Hamidiye (torpedo boat) |
Reşadiye (present day: Igoumenitsa) |
30 Sep. 1911 |
Sunk by gunfire from Italian destroyers.[1][2] |
Alpagot (torpedo boat) |
Reşadiye, (present day: Igoumenitsa) |
30 Sep. 1911 |
Sunk by gunfire from Italian destroyers.[1] |
Kastamonu (gunboat) |
Konfida (Kunfuda, present day: Al Qunfudhah, Al Bahah Province, Saudi Arabia), Red Sea |
7 Jan. 1912 |
Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Piemonte and destroyer Artigliere.[3][4] |
Gökçedağ (gunboat) |
Konfida, Red Sea |
7 Jan. 1912 |
Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Piemonte and destroyer Artigliere.[5] |
Refahiye (gunboat) |
Konfida, Red Sea |
7 Jan. 1912 |
Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Piemonte and destroyer Artigliere[5] |
Ayintab (gunboat) |
Konfida, Red Sea |
7 Jan. 1912 |
Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Piemonte and destroyer Artigliere[5] |
Ordu (gunboat) |
Konfida, Red Sea |
7 Jan. 1912 |
Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Piemonte and destroyer Artigliere[5] |
Bafra (gunboat) |
Konfida, Red Sea |
7 Jan. 1912 |
Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Piemonte and destroyer Artigliere[5] |
Avnillah (armoured corvette) |
33°54′N 35°31′E / 33.900°N 35.517°E / 33.900; 35.517, Port of Beirut |
24 Feb. 1912 |
Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi and Varese at Battle of Beirut.[6] |
Ankara (torpedo boat) |
33°54′N 35°31′E / 33.900°N 35.517°E / 33.900; 35.517, Port of Beirut |
24 Feb. 1912 |
Sunk by gunfire from Italian Giuseppe Garibaldi and Varese at Battle of Beirut.[4] |
Balkan Wars
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.
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
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No 9 (gunboat) |
Preveza |
20 Oct. 1912 |
Scuttled by crew.[7] |
No 10 (gunboat) |
Preveza |
20 Oct. 1912 |
Scuttled by crew.[7] |
Feth-i Bülend (armoured corvette) |
Port of Thessaloniki |
31 Oct. 1912 |
Sunk by torpedo by Greek torpedo boat No 11[6] with the loss of seven crew, including ship's imam.[8] |
Antalya (torpedo boat) |
Preveza |
5 Nov. 1912 |
Scuttled by crew. Salvaged by Greeks on 29 Nov. 1912. Royal Hellenic Navy Nikopolis in 1913.[4] |
Tokad (torpedo boat) |
Preveza |
5 Nov. 1912 |
Scuttled by crew. Salvaged by Greeks on 29 Nov. 1912. Royal Hellenic Navy Totoi in 1913.[4] |
Trabzon (armed steamer) |
off Lesbos |
9 Nov. 1912 |
Sunk 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′N 28°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
Name | Location | Date | Cause |
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Nilüfer (minelayer) |
about 10 miles northwest of the Bosporus |
19 Nov. 1914 |
Sunk by Russian mine. 55 lives lost.[12] |
Mesudiye (armoured frigate) |
near Erenköy |
26 Dec. 1914 |
Sunk by British submarine HMS B11.[13] |
Mecidiye (protected cruiser) |
15 nautical miles off Vorontsoskiy Lighthouse, Odessa |
3 Apr. 1915 |
Sunk by Russian mine. Salvaged by Russians on 8 June 1915. Commissioned as Prut Imperial Russian Navy.[14] |
Demirhisar (torpedo boat) |
Chios |
16 Apr. 1915 |
Beached, 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 1915 |
Torpedoed and sunk in shallow water by British submarine HMS E11[17] |
Nûr-ül Bâhir (gunboat) |
near Mürefte |
1 May 1915 |
Sunk 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′N 26°48′E / 40.450°N 26.800°E / 40.450; 26.800, Sea of Marmara |
8 Aug. 1915 |
Sunk by British submarine HMS E11 in the Sea of Marmara. 253 lives lost.[19] |
Samsun (minelayer) |
Erdek |
14 Aug. 1915 |
Sunk by British submarine HMS E2 with two officer and eight crew.[19][20] |
Yozgat (gunboat) |
near Kefken Island, Kandıra |
9 Dec. 1915 |
Sunk by gunfire from Russian Derzky class destroyer Derzky, Gnevny, Bespokoyny at Second Battle of Kirpen Island[3][21] |
Taşköprü (gunboat) |
near Kefken Island, Kandıra |
9 Dec. 1915 |
Sunk by gunfire from Russian Derzky class destroyer Derzky, Gnevny, Bespokoyny at Second Battle of Kirpen Island.[5][21] |
Yarhisar (destroyer) |
off Yalova |
3 Dec. 1915 |
Sunk by British submarine HMS E11.[17] |
Kütahya (torpedo boat) |
north of Karaburun, Arnavutköy |
12 Sep. 1916 |
Sunk by mine north of Karaburun[4] |
Gayret-i Vataniye (destroyer) |
Varna |
30 Oct. 1916 |
Grounded off Varna. Blown up by crew after all useful equipment had been removed.[16] |
Yadigâr-ı Millet (destroyer) |
İstinye |
9–10 Jul. 1917 |
Bombed 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. 1917 |
Sunk by Russian Derzky class destroyer Pylky and Bystry.[22][23] |
Midilli |
40°05′N 26°02′E / 40.083°N 26.033°E / 40.083; 26.033, near Imbros |
20 Jan. 1918 |
Sunk after hitting four mines near Imbros.[24] |
Sources
- 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.
- ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN 1-55750-659-0, p. 155.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN 1-55750-659-0, p. 176.
- 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.
- ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN 1-55750-659-0, p. 21.
- ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN 1-55750-659-0, p. 190.
- ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN 1-55750-659-0, p. 135.
- ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN 1-55750-659-0, p. 149.
- ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN 1-55750-659-0, p. 31.
- 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.
- 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.
- ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN 1-55750-659-0, p. 36.
- 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.
- ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN 1-55750-659-0, p. 40.
- 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.
- ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN 1-55750-659-0, p. 53.
- ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN 1-55750-659-0, p. 157.
- ↑ 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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