Rüsumat No 4
 Model ofRüsumat No. 4on display atMersin Naval Museum,Turkey.
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| History | |
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| Name | Rüsumat No. 4 |
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| Launched | 1891 |
| Out of service | 1921 |
| Fate | Sunk 14 October 1921 |
| General characteristics | |
| Tonnage | 310gross register tons(GRT) |
| Length | 29.8 m (98 ft) |
| Beam | 8.6 m (28 ft) |
| Draught | 3.2 m (10 ft) |
| Crew | 16 |
Rüsumat No. 4was a formerTurkishtrawler, which is known for her resupply missions in along the Black Sea coast of Turkey during theTurkish War of Independence.
History
[edit]She was built in 1891, and purchased by theOttomangovernment in 1913. DuringWorld War I,she served in theOttoman navy,first as a minesweeper and then as a coastguard vessel. After the end of the war, in which the Ottoman Empire was defeated, she anchored inKaradeniz Ereğli,a port on the westernBlack Sea.[1]
In the Turkish War of Independence
[edit]In 1919, the ship was seized by thenationalistsand beginning by 12 November 1920 she began serving as a military cargo ship to transfer artillery from theEast AnatoliaandBatumito West Anatolia ports. TheAlliesnaval ships tried to catch her. However, she managed to escape every time. Consequently, she was nicknamed the "ghost ship".
Last two voyages
[edit]On 17 July 1921 during her ninth voyage, while carrying two British made88 mm gunsand 354ammunition boxesfrom Batumi, she was spotted by twoGreekwarships. She could escape toOrdu,which was then a port without harbor facilities. The citizens of Ordu helped to unload the artillery before the Greek ship showed up and the captain Mahmut, who later adopted the surname Gökbora, shipwrecked Rüsumat. To fool the chasers, he also set fire on the board. TheGreek torpedo boatDafniarrived; but seeing the fire they quickly left Ordu. After the fire was extinguished, the captain cleaned the ship, managed to float the ship, used hazelnut oil to activate the engines and sailed to Batumi for repairs. After repairs, she began her tenth and last voyage on 25 September 1921. She successfully reachedSamsunport. But during her return voyage, she was spotted again by theDafniand this time she was shelled, hit 13 times and sunk offEynesil,Giresun Province,on 14 October 1921.[2][3][4][5][6]
References
[edit]- ^"Gemiler - Rüsumat No.4"(in Turkish). Batıklar.
- ^Mütercimler, Erol (2005).Bu Vatan Böyle Kurtuldu(in Turkish). Istanbul: Alfa yayınları. pp. 422–434.ISBN975-297460-0.
- ^Özakman, Turgut (2005).Şu Çılgın Türkler(in Turkish). Istanbul: Bilgi Yayınevi. p. 325.ISBN975-22-0127-X.
- ^"Rusumat gemisi ilk kez görüntülenecek".Deniz Haber Ajansı(in Turkish). 21 January 2011.Retrieved2 August2014.
- ^"Öldükten sonra dirilen savaş gemisi".Sabah(in Turkish).Retrieved2 August2014.
- ^"Rusumat No: 4 gemisinin hikayesi burada..."ordugozlem(in Turkish).Retrieved15 April2022.
