List of wrecked or lost ships of the Ottoman steam navy

This is a list of Ottoman Navy steamships lost during Italo-Ottoman War, Balkan Wars and World War I:

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Italo-Ottoman War

Name Location Date Cause
Hamidiye (torpedo boat) Reşadiye (present day: Igoumenitsa) 30 Sep. 1911 Sunk by gunfire from Italian destroyers[1][2].
Alpagot (torpedo boat) Reşadiye, (present day: Igoumenitsa) 30 Sep. 1911 Sunk by gunfire from Italian destroyers[1].
Kastamonu (gunboat) Konfida (Kunfuda, present day: Al Qunfudhah, Al Bahah Province, Saudi Arabia), Red Sea 7 Jan. 1912 Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Piemonte and destroyer Artigliere[3][4].
Gökçedağ (gunboat) Konfida, Red Sea 7 Jan. 1912 Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Piemonte and destroyer Artigliere[5].
Refahiye (gunboat) Konfida, Red Sea 7 Jan. 1912 Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Piemonte and destroyer Artigliere[5]
Ayintab (gunboat) Konfida, Red Sea 7 Jan. 1912 Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Piemonte and destroyer Artigliere[5]
Ordu (gunboat) Konfida, Red Sea 7 Jan. 1912 Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Piemonte and destroyer Artigliere[5]
Bafra (gunboat) Konfida, Red Sea 7 Jan. 1912 Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Piemonte and destroyer Artigliere[5]
Avnillah (armoured corvette) , Port of Beirut 24 Feb. 1912 Sunk by gunfire from Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi and Varese at Battle of Beirut[6].
Ankara (torpedo boat) , Port of Beirut 24 Feb. 1912 Sunk by gunfire from Italian Giuseppe Garibaldi and Varese at Battle of Beirut[4].

Balkan Wars

Name Location Date Cause
No 9 (gunboat) Preveza 20 Oct. 1912 Scuttled by crew[7].
No 10 (gunboat) Preveza 20 Oct. 1912 Scuttled by crew[7].
Feth-i Bülend (armoured corvette) Port of Thessaloniki 31 Oct. 1912 Sunk by torpedo by Greek torpedo boat No 11[6] with the loss of seven crew, including ship's imam[8].
Antalya (torpedo boat) Preveza 5 Nov. 1912 Scuttled by crew. Salvaged by Greeks on 29 Nov. 1912. Royal Hellenic Navy Nikopolis in 1913[4].
Tokad (torpedo boat) Preveza 5 Nov. 1912 Scuttled by crew. Salvaged by Greeks on 29 Nov. 1912. Royal Hellenic Navy Totoi in 1913[4].
Trabzon (armed steamer) off Lesbos 9 Nov. 1912 Sunk by torpedo by Greek torpedo boat No 14. Captain and engineer were killed in the explosion[8][9].
Âsâr-ı Tevfik (armoured corvette) , near Çernes[10], Black Sea 8-11 Feb. 1913[10] Run aground on an uncharted sandbank while approaching to Podima (present day: Yalıköy, Çatalca)[11].

First World War

Name Location Date Cause
Nilüfer (minelayer) about 10 miles northwest of the Bosporus 19 Nov. 1914 Sunk by Russian mine. 55 lives lost[12].
Mesudiye (armoured frigate) near Erenköy 26 Dec. 1914 Sunk by British submarine HMS B11[13].
Mecidiye (protected cruiser) 15 nautical miles off Vorontsoskiy Lighthouse, Odessa 3 Apr. 1915 Sunk by Russian mine. Salvaged by Russians on 8 June 1915. Commissioned as Prut Imperial Russian Navy[14].
Demirhisar (torpedo boat) Chios 16 Apr. 1915 Beached, the crew of one German and twenty-three Ottomans in interned by the Greeks[15]. Later Blown up by the British at Chios[16].
Peleng-i Deryâ (torpedo gunboat) near Bakırköy 23 May 1915 Torpedoed and sunk in shallow water by British submarine HMS E11[17]
Nûr-ül Bâhir (gunboat) near Mürefte 1 May 1915 Sunk by the British submarine HMS E14 with loss four officers and thirty-two crew. Twenty-nine men are rescued by Zuhaf[18].
Barbaros Hayreddin (battleship) , Sea of Marmara 8 Aug. 1915 Sunk by British submarine HMS E11 in the Sea of Marmara. 253 lives lost[19].
Samsun (minelayer) Erdek 14 Aug. 1915 Sunk by British submarine HMS E2 with two officer and eight crew[20][19].
Yozgat (gunboat) near Kefken Island, Kandıra 9 Dec. 1915 Sunk by gunfire from Russian Derzky class destroyer Derzky, Gnevny, Bespokoyny at Second Battle of Kirpen Island[21][3]
Taşköprü (gunboat) near Kefken Island, Kandıra 9 Dec. 1915 Sunk by gunfire from Russian Derzky class destroyer Derzky, Gnevny, Bespokoyny at Second Battle of Kirpen Island[21][5].
Yarhisar (destroyer) off Yalova 3 Dec. 1915 Sunk by British submanire HMS E11[17].
Kütahya (torpedo boat) north of Karaburun, Arnavutköy 12 Sep. 1916 Sunk by mine north of Karaburun[4]
Gayret-i Vataniye (destroyer) Varna 30 Oct. 1916 Grounded off Varna. Blown up by crew after all useful equipment had been removed[16].
Yadigâr-ı Millet (destroyer) İstinye 9–10 Jul. 1917 Bombed and sunk by British aircraft at İstinye. Refloated and drydocked at Tersane-i Amire on 24 Oct. 1917[16].
Hamidabad (torpedo gunboat) near İğneada 31 Oct. 1917 Sunk by Russian Derzky class destroyer Pylky and Bystry[22][23].
Midilli , near Imbros 20 Jan. 1918 Sunk after hitting four mines near Imbros[24].

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