page_title: Ottoman cruiser Mecidiye
section_title: Turkish Navy service, 1927–1947
hierarchical_section_title: Ottoman cruiser Mecidiye / History / Turkish Navy service, 1927–1947
caption_attribution_description: English: Turkish cruiser Mecidiye, 1932. Русский: Турецкий крейсер Меджидие, 1932 год.
context_page_description: Mecidiye was a protected cruiser of the Ottoman Empire that saw action during the Balkan Wars and World War I. It was ordered by the Ottoman Navy in 1900 to the United States shipbuilding company William Cramp & Sons. It was laid down in Philadelphia on 7 November 1901; launched on 25 July 1903; its sea trials began in October 1903; and it was commissioned on 19 December 1903. It weighed 3,485 tons; was 102.4 metres long with a beam of 12.8 metres and a draught of 4.8 metres; and was named after the Ottoman Sultan Abdülmecid.
  It had two 152mm L/45 quick firing guns, eight 120mm L/45 quick firing guns, six 47mm quick firing guns, six 37mm quick firing guns, and two 457mm torpedo tubes. Mecidiye was powered by two sets of VQE steam engines producing 12,500 ihp and providing a top speed of 22 knots, and carried a nominal complement of 302, 355, and 310
context_section_description: Under the terms of the Treaty of Sèvres in 1920, Ottoman warships were to be handed over to the Allies, in particular the United Kingdom, as war compensation. However, the ensuing Turkish War of Independence culminated in the abrogation of the Treaty of Sèvres; it was replaced by the Treaty of Lausanne in 1923, which permitted the new Turkish Republic to retain the former Ottoman fleet, including Mecidiye. All warships of the former Ottoman Navy which survived World War I (they were interned at the Golden Horn and the Sea of Marmara under Allied control) were transferred to the Turkish Navy in 1925.
  After reparation works at the Gölcük Naval Shipyard between 1925 and 1927, Mecidiye was commissioned by the Turkish Navy in June 1927. It was among the large surface combatants of the Turkish Navy between 1927 and 1940, when it became a cadet training ship, being used for this purpose until being decommissioned on 1 March 1947. The ship was sold for scrap in 1952, and broken up between 1952 and 1956.
caption: Mecidiye in Istanbul, 1932.
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