2013 King Hall Day 1 Session 3 - 2
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Ottoman anti-submarine measures in the Dardanelles conflict 1915
Harvey BroadbentSenior Research Fellow. Department of Modern History,
Politics and International Relations at Macquarie University
Breslau , re-named Midilli bombards Russian naval units at Novorossiysk, in the Black Sea
British Admiral
Sir John Duckworth
Dardanelles Artillery and Mine Lines Positions (September 1914)
The Narrows Defences (September 1914)
Route Through Minefield
Damaged fort of Seddülbahir
Cevat (Djevat) PashaStrait’s Forts Commander
German Naval Commanders of The Dardanelles Strait
Admiral Guido von Usedom
(right) and his No. 2.
Vice-Admiral Merten (left)
Dardanelles Forts, Batteries, and Mine Lines February-March-April 1915
Bouvet listing and sinking
Strait’s Fortifications Defence Artillery Sites and
Fields of Fire
Ottoman Anti-Submarine Net as used in the Strait
Position of Anti-submarine net
Ottoman propaganda postcard captioned ‘An Ottoman aircraft attacking a British submarine dropping a mine off Bulair’ (i.e. in the Marmara)
Ottoman Ironclad Mesudiye
Lieutenant Commander Norman Holbrook, VC
A Mantelli Gun
Marmara Island
Strait
Sea of Marmara
(Rodosto)
Captured E 15
AE 2AE 2 in the Sea of Marmora, April 1915 Charles Bryant. AWM ART09016
E 14 in Mudros Harbour
Lt. Comdr. Edward Boyle VC
E 11 returning to Mudros from her successful foray to Istanbul and the Marmara
Peyk-i Servet after E 11attack
Battleship Barbaros Hayreddin
U 21
Goodbye …Majestic
Results of Allied Submarine activity in the Dardanelles Campaign
• 8 Ottoman battleships sunk (Total 21 000 tonnes)• 31 Transportation ships sunk (38 000 tonnes)• 200 various sailboats and pontoons damaged
Losses
9 Submarines sunk (5 818 tonnes) 5 British3 French1 Australian
1 captured 1 French
Source: Turkish General Staff Official History of Dardanelles Campaign 1915, quoting British sources, p. 513
AE 2AE 2 in the Sea of Marmora, April 1915 Charles Bryant. AWM ART09016
Battleship Turgut Reis
Sultanhisar and its commander, Captain Riza
Zuhaf
Sultanhisar and its commander, Captain Riza
Karaburun (Black Point)
The Narrows
Marmara Island
Strait
Sea of Marmara
(Rodosto)
Sultanhisar’s Torpedo
Strait
Sea of Marmara
( (Rodosto)
Strait
Sea of Marmara
( (Rodosto)
Erdek
Strait
Sea of Marmara
( (Rodosto)
Erdek
AE 2 Crew surrender to the Sultanhisar
A Happier Ending . . .Officers and Crew of the E
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