Gayret-i Vataniye 1910
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Muavenet-i Milliye (ex-S165) | Schichau, Elbing, Germany | 1908 | 20.3.1909 | 8.1910 | stricken 10.1918 | ||
| Yadigar-i Millet (ex-S166) | Schichau, Elbing, Germany | 1908 | 24.4.1909 | 8.1910 | sunk 10.7.1917 | ||
| Nümune-Hamiyet (ex-S167) | Schichau, Elbing, Germany | 1908 | 3.7.1909 | 8.1910 | stricken 10.1918 | ||
| Gayret-i Vataniye (ex-S168) | Schichau, Elbing, Germany | 1908 | 30.9.1909 | 8.1910 | wrecked 27.8.1916 |
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Displacement normal, t |
665 |
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Displacement full, t |
765 |
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Length, m |
74.2 oa 74.0 wl |
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Breadth, m |
7.90 |
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Draught, m |
3.03 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Schichau steam turbines, 4 Marine boilers |
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Power, h. p. |
17500 |
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Max speed, kts |
32 |
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Fuel, t |
coal 116 + oil 74 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 975 (17) |
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Armament |
2 x 1 - 75/47 SK L/50 C/01, 2 x 1 - 57/47 SK L/50 C/01, 3 x 1 - 450 TT (4) |
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Complement |
90 |
Project history: Former German large torpedo boats bought in March 1910. By some data they probably never carried 75mm guns, by other data they were never rearmed with 88mm guns.
Modernizations: 1914, all: - 2 x 1 - 75/47, 2 x 1 - 57/47; + 2 x 1 - 88/27 SK L/30 C/08, 2 x 1 - 37/42 SK L/45 C/99
Naval service: Yadigar-i Millet was bombed by British aircraft 10.7.1917 and sunk at Istinye. She was salvaged 24.10.1917 and docked but later foundered on the pier at Istanbul in December 1918. Finally she was raised in 1924 and BU. Gayret-i Vataniye wrecked off Varna 27.8.1916 and destroyed by crew.
© Ivan Gogin, 2014