With the outbreak of the Greco-Turkish War in February 1897, "Orhaniye" was mobilized into the 1st Squadron. The Ottomans inspected the fleet and found that almost all of the vessels, including "Orhaniye", to be completely unfit for combat against the Greek Navy, which possessed the three modern s. Despite the fact that "Orhaniye" and her sisters had been refit just three years previously, the inspectors discovered that many of the pistons on their Krupp guns were bent, rendering the guns useless. Through April and May, the Ottoman fleet made several sorties into the Aegean Sea in an attempt to raise morale among the ships' crews, though the Ottomans had no intention of attacking Greek forces. With no possibility left to use the fleet in an active way, the Navy withdrew "Orhaniye" from service and removed her guns at Çanakkale.