# 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

On October 10, 1912, the naval ships of the Ottoman Navy was disposed as follows:
Haydarpaşa, Constantinople (present day: Istanbul)
* Barbaros Hayreddin, Turgut Reis, Mecidiye
Golden Horn (shipyard), Constantinople
* Gayret-i Vataniye, Berkefşan, Peleng-i Derya, Berk-i Satvet, Draç, Nur-ül Bahir
Golden Horn, Constantinople
* İclâliye, Basra
Dolmabahçe, Constantinople
* Ertuğrul
Kabataş, Constantinople
* Istanbul (tug)
Arnavutköy, Constantinople
* Söğütlü
Bosporus-Büyükdere, Constantinople
* Yadigar-i Millet, Muavenet-i Milliye, Nümune-i Hamiyet, Samsun, Taşoz, Sivrihisar, Demirhisar, Musul, Kütahya, Zuhâf, Nevşehir, Tirimüjgan
Sinop
* Hamidiye
Çanakkale
* Mesudiye, Asar-i Tevfik, Yarhisar, Hamidabad, Akhisar
Preveza
* Antalya, Tokad, No. 9, No. 11
Salonika (present day: Thessaloniki)
* Feth-i Bülend, Fuad
Smyrna (present day: İzmir)
* Muin-i Zafer, Yunus, Timsah, İzzeddin, Trabzon
Suez
* Peyk-i Şevket, Beyrut, Malatya, Taşköprü, Yozgat

## Fleet organisation on October 16, 1912

On October 16, 1912, the Ottoman Navy was structured as follows:
* 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

On December 19, 1912, the Ottoman Navy was structured as follows:
* 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

On December 20, 1912, the Ottoman Navy was structured as follows:
* 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)

## Sources

* 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. 195.
* ↑ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN 1-55750-659-0, p. 196.