page_title: World War I naval ships of the Ottoman Empire
section_title: Destroyers
hierarchical_section_title: World War I naval ships of the Ottoman Empire / The ships of the Ottoman Navy in World War I / Destroyers
caption_attribution_description: Türkçe: Muavenet-i Milliye torpidobotu Fotoğraf: Sabah&amp;Joailler ca. 1900-1919 Kaynak: http://www.geh.org/ar/chus/turkey/m197501115824_ful.html#topofimage English: Torpedo boat Muavenet-i Milliye photographed by Sabah&amp;Joailler ca. 1900-1919. Source: http://www.geh.org/ar/chus/turkey/m197501115824_ful.html#topofimage
context_page_description: A naval race had developed in the Aegean after the end of the Balkan Wars, with the Ottoman government ordering several ships, including two dreadnoughts, in Britain. In the event, with the outbreak of World War I, these ships, including further two scout cruisers and four destroyers, were confiscated and pressed into service with the Royal Navy. This disappointed the Ottomans, contributing to their joining the Central Powers in the Great War.
  Despite these drawbacks, during World War I the Ottoman Navy saw much action against the Russian, British, and French fleets in the Black Sea, Aegean Sea and the Sea of Marmara.
context_section_description: The Ottoman Navy had eight destroyers - four Samsun class (Basra, Samsun, Taşoz, Yarhisar) and four Muâvenet-i Millîye class (known as Schishau class, ex-German S 165 class: Gayret-i Vatâniye, Yâdigâr-ı Millet, Muâvenet-i Millîye and Nümûne-i Hamiyet) ships.
  Yarhisar was sunk by the British submarine HMS E11 December 1915, Gayret-i Vataniye ran aground October 1916 and was abandoned, Yâdigâr-ı Millet was bombed by British aircraft July 1917, raised and scrapped.
caption: Muâvenet-i Millîye
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