Ottoman fleet organisation during the Balkan Wars

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This list includes fleet organisations of the Ottoman Navy during the Balkan Wars.

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

Sinop

Çanakkale

Preveza

Salonika (present day: Thessaloniki)

Smyrna (present day: İzmir)

Suez

Fleet organisation on October 16, 1912

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

Fleet organisation on December 20, 1912

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