Ottoman fleet organisation during the Italo-Turkish War
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This list includes fleet organisations of the Ottoman Navy
during the Italo-Ottoman War
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Fleet (Commander: Kalyon Kaptanı
Tahir)
Flotilla (Korvet Kaptanı Hakkı)
Smyrna
Detachment (Yüzbaşı Hikmet)
Salonika Detachment (Korvet Kaptanı Bekir Reşid)
Tripolitania
Detachment (Korvet Kaptanı Ahmer)
Lake Skadar Detachment (Yüzbaşı Yahya)
Preveza
Detachment (Korvet Kaptanı Tevfik)
Red Sea
Detachment (Korvet Kaptanı Hamid)
Beirut
Detachment (no naval commander)
Ottoman Navy
The Ottoman Navy was established in the early 14th century. During its long existence it was involved in many conflicts; refer to list of Ottoman sieges and landings and list of Admirals in the Ottoman Empire for a brief chronology.- Pre-Ottoman:...
during the Italo-Ottoman War
Italo-Turkish War
The Italo-Turkish or Turco-Italian War was fought between the Ottoman Empire and the Kingdom of Italy from September 29, 1911 to October 18, 1912.As a result of this conflict, Italy was awarded the Ottoman provinces of Tripolitania, Fezzan, and...
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Fleet organisation on October 29, 1911
On October 29, 1911, the Ottoman Navy was structured as follows:Fleet (Commander: Kalyon Kaptanı
Captain (naval)
Captain is the name most often given in English-speaking navies to the rank corresponding to command of the largest ships. The NATO rank code is OF-5, equivalent to an army full colonel....
Tahir)
- Barbaros HayreddinSMS Kurfürst Friedrich WilhelmSMS Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm"SMS" stands for "Seiner Majestät Schiff", or "His Majesty's Ship" in German. was one of the first ocean-going battleshipsAt the time she was laid down, the German navy referred to the ship as an "armored ship" , instead of "battleship" , see Gröner, p13. of the German...
(Korvet KaptanıCorvette CaptainCorvette captain is a rank in many navies which theoretically corresponds to command of a corvette . The equivalent rank in the United Kingdom, Commonwealth and USA is lieutenant commander...
Enver Hakkı Bey), Turgut Reis (Korvet Kaptanı Arif), Mesudiye, Âsâr-ı Tevfik (drydocked), HamidiyeOttoman cruiser HamidiyeHamidiyeThe name is also sometimes rendered as Hamidieh in English; see Gardiner and Gray, p. 389 and Halpern, p. 228. was an Ottoman cruiser that saw extensive action during the Balkan Wars and World War I...
(Birinci Sınıf Yüzbaşı Hüseyin RaufRauf OrbayHüseyin Rauf Orbay was a Turkish naval officer and statesman, born in Istanbul.As an officer in the Ottoman Navy, he achieved fame for his actions as the captain of the cruiser Hamidiye during the First Balkan War...
), MecidiyeOttoman cruiser MecidiyeThe protected cruiser Mecidiye served in the Ottoman Navy in the Balkan Wars and the First World War. Sunk by a mine, it was salvaged and commissioned by the Russian Navy, before being returned to the Ottomans in 1918...
(YüzbaşıLieutenant (naval)LieutenantThe pronunciation of lieutenant is generally split between or , generally in the United Kingdom, Ireland, and Commonwealth countries, and or , generally associated with the United States. See lieutenant. is a commissioned officer rank in many nations' navies...
Arif Nebil)
Flotilla (Korvet Kaptanı Hakkı)
- Muavenet-i MilliyeMuavenet-i MilliyeMuavenet-i Milliye or Muâvenet-i Millîye was a destroyer built for the Ottoman Navy prior to World War I. The ship is most notable for sinking the British pre-dreadnought battleship during the Dardanelles Campaign in World War I.- Naming :...
(Yüzbaşı Sabri), Gayret-i Vataniye (Yüzbaşı Sabri), Numune-i Hamiyet (Yüzbaşı Ali Riza), Yadigâr-ı Millet (Yüzbaşı Fahri Aziz), Basra (Yüzbaşı Ali Riza), Samsun (Yüzbaşı Şükrü), Yarhisar (Yüzbaşı Osman)
Smyrna
Izmir
Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
Detachment (Yüzbaşı Hikmet)
- Muin-i Zafer, Yunus, Selânik, Timsah, Izzeddin, Roma, Arşipel, Trabzon
Salonika Detachment (Korvet Kaptanı Bekir Reşid)
- Feth-i Bülend, Fuad, Selânik, Şürat, Teshilat, Katerin
Tripolitania
Ottoman Tripolitania
The coastal region of what is today Libya was ruled by the Ottoman Empire from 1551 to 1911, from 1864 as the Vilayet of Tripolitania . It was also known as the Kingdom of Tripoli, even though it was not technically a kingdom, but an Ottoman province ruled by pashas , as the Karamanli dynasty...
Detachment (Korvet Kaptanı Ahmer)
- Seyyda-i Derya
Lake Skadar Detachment (Yüzbaşı Yahya)
- Gür, İşkodra
Preveza
Preveza
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Detachment (Korvet Kaptanı Tevfik)
- Hamidiye, Alpagut, Tokad, Antalya, Trablus, No. 9, No. 11
Red Sea
Red Sea
The Red Sea is a seawater inlet of the Indian Ocean, lying between Africa and Asia. The connection to the ocean is in the south through the Bab el Mandeb strait and the Gulf of Aden. In the north, there is the Sinai Peninsula, the Gulf of Aqaba, and the Gulf of Suez...
Detachment (Korvet Kaptanı Hamid)
- Peyk-i Şevket, Ordu, Bafra, Ayintab, Malatya, Gökçedağ, Refahiye, Şipka, Beyrut, Moha, Haliç, Yozgat, Kastamonu, Taşköprü, Bahriye, Ahmer
Beirut
Beirut
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Detachment (no naval commander)
- Avnilla, Ankara