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OTTOMAN / TURKISH NAVY (OTTOMAN EMPIRE / TURKEY)

CONVERTED MERCHANT VESSELS

guard vessels of WWI

less than 1000 BRT:

Nur-ül Bahir (1893, 295, 1903 - 1913); Rüsumet No1 (1901, 143, customs 1913 - 8.1914, 8.1914 - 2.1918, customs 1924 - 1929); Rüsumet No2 (, 120, customs 1913 - 8.1914, 8.1914 - 10.1918); Rüsumet No3 (1901, 143, customs 1913 - 8.1914, 8.1914 - 5.1916); Rüsumet No4 (1891, 310, customs 1913 - 8.1914, 8.1914 - 11.1918, 6.1919 - 30.9.1921); Rüsumet No5 (1900, 155, customs 1913 - 8.1914, 8.1914 - 1.1915), Bahr-i Sefid (1903, 210, customs 1905 - 4.1915, 4.1915 - 10.1918); İskenderun (1895, 142, customs 5.1896 - 4.1915, 4.1915 - 10.1918, customs 3.1919 - 1923); Sakiz (1895, 142, customs 5.1895 - 4.1915, 4.1915 - 20.8.1915)

Project history: Merchant vessels converted to guard vessels.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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