Ottoman destroyer Muavenet-i Milliye

Muâvenet-i Millîye
Torpedo boat Muâvenet-i Millîye
History
Ottoman Empire
NameMuâvenet-i Millîye
BuilderSchichau-Werft, Germany
Laid down1908
Launched20 March 1909
Completed17 August 1910
DecommissionedOctober 1918
FateScrapped 1953
General characteristics
Class and typeMuâvenet-i Millîye-class destroyer
Displacement765 t (753 LT)
Length74 m (243 ft)
Beam7.9 m (26 ft)
Draft3 m (9.8 ft)
Propulsion17700 HP, 2 turbines, 2 boilers
Speed26 kn (48 km/h; 30 mph)
Range1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement90 (peacetime)
Armament
  • 2 × 75mm (-/50)
  • 2 × 57mm (-/50)
  • 3 × TT 450mm

Muavenet-i Milliye or Muâvenet-i Millîye was a destroyer[1] built for the Ottoman Navy prior to World War I. The ship is most notable for sinking the British pre-dreadnought battleship Goliath during the Dardanelles Campaign in World War I.

  1. ^ Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy 1828–1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, ISBN 1-55750-659-0, pp. 158–159.