Ottoman torpedo boat Sultanhisar

History
Turkey
NameSultanhisar
NamesakeSultanhisar
OwnerOttoman Navy, Turkish Navy
Ordered25 October 1906
BuilderSchneider & Cie in Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Laid down1906
Launched1907
Completed1907
Commissioned1907
Recommissioned1924
Decommissioned1928
Stricken1935
FateScrapped 1935
General characteristics
TypeTorpedo boat
Displacement97 tons (full load)[1]
Length40.2 m (132 ft)[1]
Beam4.4 m (14 ft)[1]
Draft1.9 m (6.2 ft)[1]
PropulsionSteam, 1 shaft. 2 Du Temple water tube, Schneider & Cie, 11.2t coal 1 triple expansion 3cyl., 2200ihp, Schneider & Cie[1]
Speed26 knots (48 km/h) (trial), 16 knots (30 km/h) (1915)[1]
Complement3 officers, 17-20 ratings (1907), 32 Ottomans, 4 Germans (1915)[1]
Armament2x37mm (1.46 inch) QF H guns, 3xTT 450mm (18 in) SK torpedoes[1]

Sultanhisar was a torpedo boat of the Ottoman Navy. She was built in 1907 by Schneider & Cie in Chalon-sur-Saône, France, and transferred the same year to Turkey.[1] She is best known for her action during the Gallipoli Campaign of World War I as she sank Royal Australian Navy submarine HMAS AE2 in the Sea of Marmara and captured her crew.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN 1-55750-659-0, pp. 156-157.