Ottoman fleet organisation during the Balkan Wars
This list includes fleet organisations of the Ottoman Navy during the Balkan Wars.
Dispositions on October 10, 1912
[edit]On October 10, 1912, the naval ships of the Ottoman Navy was disposed as follows:[1]
Haydarpaşa, Constantinople (present day: Istanbul)
Golden Horn (shipyard), Constantinople
Golden Horn, Constantinople
Dolmabahçe, Constantinople
Kabataş, Constantinople
- Istanbul (tug)
Arnavutköy, Constantinople
Bosporus-Büyükdere, Constantinople
- Yadigar-i Millet, Muavenet-i Milliye, Nümune-i Hamiyet, Samsun, Taşoz, Sivrihisar, Demirhisar, Musul, Kütahya, Zuhâf, Nevşehir, Tirimüjgan
Salonika (present day: Thessaloniki)
Smyrna (present day: İzmir)
- Muin-i Zafer, Yunus, Timsah, İzzeddin, Trabzon
- Peyk-i Şevket, Beyrut, Malatya, Taşköprü, Yozgat
Fleet organisation on October 16, 1912
[edit]On October 16, 1912, the Ottoman Navy was structured as follows:[1]
- Bosporus Fleet (Commander: Kalyon Kaptanı Tahir Bey)
- Barbaros Hayreddin (Korvet Kaptanı Enver Hakkı Efendi), Turgut Reis (Korvet Kaptanı İsmail Ahmer Efendi), Muâvenet-i Millîye (Birinci Sınıf Yüzbaşı Galatalı Ali Bey), Yâdigâr-ı Millet (Birinci Sınıf Yüzbaşı Fahri Cemal Bey), Nümûne-i Hamiyet (Korvet Kaptanı Hamdi Mahmud Bey), Samsun (Birinci Sınıf Yüzbaşı Osman İzzet Bey), Basra (Birinci Sınıf Yüzbaşı Cemal Ali Bey), Taşoz, Musul, Akhisar, Sultanhisar, Sivrihisar, Zuhaf, Nevşehir
- Derdanelles Fleet (Commander: Korvet Kaptanı Tevfik Bey)
- Mesudiye (Korvet Kaptanı Tevfik Bey), Âsâr-ı Tevfik (Korvet Kaptanı Mehmed Emin Bey), Hamidabad
- Black Sea Headquarters (Commander: Birinci Sınıf Yüzbaşı Hüseyin Rauf Bey)
- Hamidiye (Birinci Sınıf Yüzbaşı Hüseyin Rauf Bey), Mecidiye (Korvet Kaptanı Arif Nebil Bey)
- Tersâne-i Âmire
- Berk-i Satvet, Gayret-i Vatâniye, Yarhisar, Berk Efşan, Kütahya, Draç, Demirhisar
Fleet organisation on December 19, 1912
[edit]On December 19, 1912, the Ottoman Navy was structured as follows:[1]
- Armoured Warship Division (Commander: Kalyon Kaptanı Ramiz Bey)
- Barbasos Hayreddin, Turgut Reis, Mesudiye, Âsâr-ı Tevfik, Demirhisar, Sultanhisar, Sivrihisar, Hamidabad
- 1st Destroyer Division (Commander: Birinci Sınıf Yüzbaşı Hüseyin Rauf Bey)
- Berk-i Satvet, Yâdigâr-ı Millet, Muâvenet-i Millîye, Taşoz, Basra
- 2nd Destroyer Division (Commander: Yüzbaşı Hakkı Eşref Efendi)
- Mecidiye, Nümûne-i Hamiyet, Gayret-i Vatâniye, Yarhisar
- 3rd Division (Commander: Korvet Kaptanı İsmail Bey)
- Tîr-i Müjgan (workshop ship), İntibâh (salvage tug), Reşid Paşa (hospital ship), Samsun, Akhisar, Samsun (tug)
Fleet organisation on December 20, 1912
[edit]On December 20, 1912, the Ottoman Navy was structured as follows:[2]
- Armoured Warship Division (Commander: Kalyon Kaptanı Ramiz Bey)
- Barbasos Hayreddin, Turgut Reis, Mesudiye, Demirhisar, Sultanhisar, Sivrihisar, Hamidabad, Reşid Paşa (hospital ship)
- 1st Destroyer Division (Commander: Birinci Sınıf Yüzbaşı Hüseyin Rauf Bey)
- Mecidiye, Muâvenet-i Millîye, Gayret-i Vatâniye, Nümûne-i Hamiyet
- 2nd Destroyer Division (Commander: Yüzbaşı Hakkı Eşref Efendi)
- Berk-i Satvet, Taşoz, Yarhisar, Basra
- 3rd Division (Commander: Korvet Kaptanı İsmail Bey)
- Âsâr-ı Tevfik, Samsun, Tîr-i Müjgan (workshop ship), İntibâh (salvage tug), Samsun (tug)