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Ships

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

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	665
Displacement full, t	765
Length, m	74.2 oa 74.0 wl
Breadth, m	7.90
Draught, m	3.03 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Schichau steam turbines, 4 Marine boilers
Power, h. p.	17500
Max speed, kts	32
Fuel, t	coal 116 + oil 74
Endurance, nm(kts)	975 (17)
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)
Complement	90

Standard scale images

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.