Some reflections on the effectiveness of the Ottoman Navy in the Balkan Wars 1912-1913
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Battleship Barbaros Hayrettin (Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Battleship Turgut Reis (Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Battleship Mesudiye (Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Protected cruiser Hamidiye (Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Protected cruiser Mecidiye (Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Armored cruiser Georgios Averoff (Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Destroyer Yadigâr-ı Millettook part in the Battle of Elli on December 16, 1912 within the 1st Destroyer Squadron (Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Protected cruiser Hamidiye and her commander Lt Com. Hüseyin Rauf on a postcard released after the ship returned from the famous raid through the Aegean and Red Seas between January and September 1913. (Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Propaganda postcard released after a successful attack of Bulgarian torpedo-boats on the Ottoman protected cruiser Hamidiye near Varna on November 21, 1912 (Bulgarian Minister of War Gen. N. Nikiforov on the left). (Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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Heavily damaged Hamidiye (with the wholly submerged bow) returns from Varna on November 21, 1912. (Piotr Nykiel's collection) |
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