Ottoman minelayerNusret
 Nusretin Tarsus
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Ottoman Empire | |
| Name | Nusret |
| Builder | Schiffs & Maschinenbau AG Germania,Kiel,German Empire |
| Laid down | 1911 |
| Launched | 4 December 1911 |
| Commissioned | 1913 |
| Decommissioned | October 1918 and laid up |
 Turkey | |
| Name | Nusret(1922),Yardım(1937),Nusret(1939),Kaptan Nusret(1966) |
| Decommissioned | 1955 and laid up at Gölcük, for conversion to museum ship |
| Reclassified | Diver vessel (1937), tender (1939) |
| Refit | Sold 1962 to commercial interests and rebuilt 1962-1966 to general cargo motorship |
| Fate | April 1989 capsized nearMersin,1999 salvaged, 2003 memorial/museum ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Minelayer |
| Displacement | 365 t |
| Length | 40.20 m (131 ft 11 in) (LPP) |
| Beam | 7.50 m (24 ft 7 in) |
| Depth | 3.40 m (11 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power | 1200ihp |
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Nusretwas a naval ship of theOttoman Navy,which served as aminelayerduring theGallipoli Campaign,and later fulfilled various roles in theTurkish Navy;as minelayer (1927–1937), diver vessel (1937–1939) andtender(1939–1955). She was laid down in 1911 and launched from Schiff & Maschinenbau AG 'Germania' atKiel,Germanyon 4 December of that year.[1]
Characteristics[edit]
Nusretwas 40.2 meters long and displaced 365 tons. Her beam was 7.57 meters and her draught was 3.4 meters. Her propulsion was two vertical triple expansion steam engines powered by two Schultz boilers, driving twin screws. This system was designed to propel her at 15 knots, but when she arrived at Istanbul in 1913 she could only make 13 knots. She was designed on the basis of atugboat,but with mine rails for forty mines on the stern instead of bollards and winches. A crane was mounted on the back end of her superstructure, aft of the funnel, to assist in loading the mines. Aside from the mines, her armament consisted of two 47mm SK L/45 C/99 quick-firing guns mounted on platforms on either side of the bridge, manufactured by Krupp in Germany. In 1927 these guns were replaced by 57mm variants of the same weapon; also in 1927 her mine rails were extended to hold twenty extra mines.
Service history[edit]
Nusretwas commissioned into the Ottoman Navy in 1913, captained by Lieutenant Tophaneli Hakki (Güverte Kıdemli Yüzbaşı Tophaneli İbrahim oğlu Hakkı) under the command of Lieutenant-Colonel Geehl.[citation needed]Nusretplayed a pivotal role in theDardanelles Campaign,laying 26 mines in an unexpected position in February 1915 just prior to the ill-fated invasion which sankHMSIrresistible,HMSOceanand the French battleshipBouvet,and left the British battlecruiserHMSInflexiblebadly damaged.[2]
AfterWorld War INusretwas laid up in Istanbul until 1926/7 when she was refitted at Gölcük. In 1937 she became the diving vesselYardinand in 1939 reverted toNusretas a tender. In 1955 she was decommissioned and again laid up, with the intention to convert her to a museum ship. However, in 1962 she was sold to commercial buyers who had her converted to a cargo motorship, unrecognisable as the former minelayer, entering service asKaptan Nusretin 1966. In April 1989 she sank near Mersin Harbour, and lay submerged for 10 years.[1]
Wreck discovery[edit]
In 2002 the wreck ofNusretwas acquired by the Municipality ofTarsus,Mersin Provincefor reconstruction ashore as amuseum ship,opened in 2008.[3]
A replicaNusrethas been built by the Gölcük Naval Shipyard to be displayed inÇanakkaleby the shore of the Narrows of theDardanellesalong with the types of mines that it laid in World War I. In March 2011 thisNusretwas commissioned into the Turkish Navy as the museum ship N-16.[4][5]
See also[edit]
- Gonca,the only other surviving Ottoman minelayer from the First World War.
References[edit]
- ^abLangensiepen & Güleryüz 1995,p. 189.
- ^"The Nusret, Çanakkale Strait Commandery Military Museum, Çanakkale".Department of Veterans' Affairs, Australia. Archived fromthe originalon 7 December 2014.Retrieved25 February2015.
- ^"Nusrat Mine Ship".Tarsus Municipality. 2008. Archived fromthe originalon 2 October 2017.Retrieved25 February2015.
- ^"Nusrat Mayın Gemisi"(in Turkish). Çanakkale.net. Archived fromthe originalon 5 March 2016.Retrieved25 February2015.
- ^"Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri Basın Duyurusu"(in Turkish).Retrieved2012-09-09.
Bibliography[edit]
- Gibbs, Jay (September 2017). "Question 26/51".Warship International.LIV(3): 186–189.ISSN0043-0374.
- Langensiepen, Bernd; Güleryüz, Ahmet (1995).The Ottoman Steam Navy 1828–1923.London: Conway Maritime Press.ISBN978-0-85177-610-1.
External links[edit]
- http://www.nusratmayingemisi.com/english/index.phpArchived2017-08-03 at theWayback Machine
- (in Turkish)https://web.archive.org/web/20070930015351/http://www.canakkale.org/nusrat.shtml
- Nusrat,in theTurkey in First World Warweb site.