Osmanieh Battleship of the Ottoman Empire launched 2nd September 1864was built in Britain on the Clyde, the ship was laid up in 1904 to berearmed with German 210mm Krupp gun in the forward barbette and a 150mmKrupp gun in the aft. The ship was stricken in 1913 and eventuallybroken up after the war. Asimilar fate for her three sister shipsAzzizieh, Mahmoudieh and Orkanieh.
Osmanieh    2nd September 1864    Stricken in 1913 and broken up for scrap.
Mahmudieh    13th December 1864    Stricken in 1913 and broken up for scrap.
Orkanieh    26th June 1865    Stricken in 1913 and broken up for scrap.
Abdul Aziz    January 1865    Stricken in 1913 and broken up for scrap.

             Osmanieh



Full page photo 10" x 8" printed 1897 price £20 order code C27
On board the Turkish battleship Osmanieh. The Osmanieh with her threesister ships Azzizieh, Mahmoudieh and Orkanieh were built on the Clydeor Thames during the 1860s and displaced 6,400 tons. The photographshows the Osmanieh with captain Faik Bey standing by the companion,with the second in command further behind, while the men are at theirquarters under the orders of the lieutenants working the guns,maintaining the barbette and climbing up the shrouds. Her upper workshave been cut down fore and aft, thus making a citadel for thesecondary armament, while barbettes were built at either end, each fora 9.4 in Krupp breech-loader.

Mahmudieh
 
Turkish seamen performing a gun drill on board the Mahmoudieh in 1897.The charge has been hoisted into position for loading, and a man standsready to close the breech. The captain of the gun crew is standing onthe right.



         Assari Tevfik Class


Assar- i- Tevfik was originally and Egyptian ship by was taken over bythe Ottoman Empire to serve with the Turkish Navy. She was at one timethe flagship of Vice-Admiral Arif Hikmet Pasha. She took part in theDardanelles operation on 18th January 1913 and was damaged by gun fireand later received more damage from Bulgarian guns and eventuallybecame a wreck on 25th January 1913.
   
Seamen of the Assar-i-Tevfik at cutlass drill. The Assari-Tevfik was alarger ship than the Shevket class with a displacement of 4,687 tonsand was more heavily armed with ten Krupp guns of 9.4 in and 8.2 in. In1897 she was the flagship of Vice-Admiral Arif Hikmet Pasha, whosebrother, Captain Ghalib Bey was naval attaché in England. Physicaldrills and drills with side arms formed a large part of the practicaltraining on all warships at this time.
    


       Assari Shevket Class 
Ottoman Empire battleships Assari Shevket and Nedjimi Shevket werelaunched in 1868. Only Nedjimi Shevket saw service during the firstworld war, Assari was broken up in 1910, and afterwards served as adepot ship before being broken up after 1929.
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The photograph shows crew on board the Turkish ship Nedjim i Shevket.The ship was a central battery ship of 2,080 tons with one 9 in gun andfour 7 in guns (Armstrong's) as well as smaller, lighter guns. Thepicture shows the stern of the ship as the men are being exercised withthe commander standing in the foreground. A bugler has blown the'still' at which all crew cease work and stand ready for the nextcommand.


             Messudieh Class

Turkish battleship Messudiyeh of the Ottoman Navy. She was sunk by a British submarine (B11) off the coast of the Dardanelles.
   
The captain of the Messoudieh in 1897 was Mehemet Bey who servedbriefly as a Naval attaché in England. The officer on the left was thefirst lieutenant of the vessel, next are her first engineer and doctor,with other engineers. The officers behind are mostly lieutenants. Itwas said at the time that the engineering branch of the Turkish Navywas probably the weakest part of the navy.


         Hamidieh Class

Hamidieh a battleship of the Turkish Navy was launched in January 1885at Constantinople. Originally called Nusretiye she was renamed in 1881.Hamidieh was scrapped in 1910 before the war started and so neverreally saw any action.



            Cruisers
         Abdul Hamid Class




             Hamidieh, 1912.
ul Hamid 25th September 1903 Renamed Hamidieh after the revolution in1908. Torpedoed by a Bulgarian torpedo boat near Varna on 21st November1912, but managed to limp to Constantinople. Took part in thebombardment at Odessa on 29th October 1914 and became a training shipfrom 1914-1918. Stricken in 1948 and broken up for scrap.





          

         Abdul Mecid Class
ul Mecid (Medjidieh) 25th July 1903 Renamed Medjidieh in 1903. Minedoff Odessa after taking part in the bombardment and sank. Salvaged bythe Russians and commissioned as Prut on 29th October. Captured by theGermans at Sevastopol then returned to Turkey on 12th May 1918.Underwent a major refit in 1927. Stricken in 1948 and broken up forscrap.


             


              Destroyers
Berk I Efsan    1892    Sold for scrapping in 1927.
Tayyar    1893    Stricken in 1913.
Samsoun    1907    Discarded in the 1930s.
Muvanet-I-Milet    1909    Discarded in the 1920s.
             Adatepe Class
Adatepe    19th March 1931    Discarded during the 1950s.
Kocatepe    7th February 1931    Discarded during the 1950s.

             Kocatepe, May 1937.
          

             Tinaztepe Class
Tinaztepe    27th July 1931    Discarded in 1957.
Zafer    20th September 1931    Discarded in 1957.
            Demirhisar Class

Demirhisar    1941    Discarded in 1960.

Gayret    15th December 1940    Broken up for scrap in 1946.
Muavenet    24th February 1941    Discarded in 1960.
Sultanhisar    1941    Discarded in 1960.


           Ex - US Gleaves Class
Gaziantep (ex - Lansdowne) (D344)    Acquired 1950    Discarded 1973

            Gaziantep, May 1969.
Gelibolu (ex - Buchanan) (D346)    Acquired 29th April 1949    Discarded 1976
Gemlik (ex - Lardner) (D347)    Acquired 1950    Stricken 1981
Giresun (ex - McCalla) (D345)    Acquired 29th April 1949    Discarded 1973
          

           Ex - British M Class
Alp Arslan (ex - Marne) (D348)    Acquired 29th June 1959    Discarded early 1970s
Kilic Ali Pasha (ex - Matchless) (D350)    Acquired 29th June 1959    Discarded early 1970s
Maresal Fevzi Cakmak (ex - Meteor) (D349)    Acquired 29th June 1959    Discarded early 1970s
Piyale Pasa (ex - Milne) (D351)    Acquired 29th June 1959    Discarded early 1970s
Ex - US Fletcher Class
Icel (ex - Preston) (D344)    Acquired 15th November 1969    Stricken 1981
Iskenderun (ex - Boyd) (D343)    Acquired 1st October 1969    Stricken 1981
Istanbul (ex - Clarence K Bronson) (D340)    Acquired 14th January 1967    Stricken 1987
Izmir (ex - Van Valkenburgh) (D341)    Acquired 28th February 1967    Stricken 1987
Izmit (ex - Cogswell) (D342)    Acquired 1st October 1969    Stricken 1980
         

          Ex - US Allen M Sumner Class

Muavenet (ex - Gwin) (DM357)    Acquired 22nd October 1971    Damaged 2nd October 1992, Stricken 1993
Zafer (ex - Hugh Purvis) (D356)    Acquired 15th February 1972    Stricken 1993, Broken up 1994
         
         
          Ex - US Gearing Class
Adatepe (ex - Forrest Royal) (D353)    Acquired 27th March 1971    Stricken 1993. Broken up 1994


Turkish Destroyer Adatepe. Closing to fuel from RFA Grey Rover, Mediterranean, May 1986.

One of the Gearing Class Turkish Destroyers, ex - USS Forrest Royal.Acquired from the US Navy 27th March 1971. Stricken 1993 and Broken Up1994.


Maresal Fevzi Cakmak (ex - Charles H Roan) (D351)    Acquired 29th September 1973    Broken up 1995
Gayret (ex - Eversole) (D352)    Acquired 11th July 1973    Extant 1995
Kocatepe (ex - Harwood) (D354)    Acquired 17th December 1971    Sunk 22nd July 1974
Kocatepe (ex - Norris) (D354)    Acquired 7th July 1974    Stricken 1993
Tinaztepe (ex - Keppler) (D355)    Acquired 30th June 1972    Laid up 1984
Savastepe (ex - Meredith) ( D347)    Acquired 7th December 1979    Extant 1995
Kilic Ali Pasa (ex - Robert H McCard) (D349)    Acquired 5th June 1980    Extant 1995
Piyale Pasa (ex - Fiske) ( D350)    Acquired 2nd June 1980    Extant 1995
Yucetepe (ex - Orleck) (D345)    Acquired 1st October 1982    Extant 1995
 
   Turkish destroyer Yucetepe. Closing to fuel from RFA Grey Rover. Mediterranean, May 1986
          Barbaros Class Frigates
Barbaros (F244)    26th October 1994     Still in Service
Oruc Reis (F245)    28th July 1994     Still in Service

 
F245 Oruc Reis, 16th May 2005.



Oruc Reis, 16th May 2005.





Barbaros Class Frigate, Faslane, Scotland, June 2005



Barbaros Class Frigate, Faslane, Scotland, June 2005


          Muavenet Class Frigates
 Kocatepe F252


F252 Kocatepe at Malta, 24th June 1996.





  F252 Kocatepe at Malta, 20th June 1996.

 Ege F256




Turkish Muavanet Class Frigate, F256 Ege at Malta, 12th June 1998.



 
F256 Ege at Malta, June 1998.




F256 Ege at Malta, June 1998.