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Ottoman fleet organisation during the Russo Turkish War (1877–78)

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  • İşkodra, Böğürtlen
  • Rusçuk
  • Hizber, Hayreddin, Aziziye, Seyyar, Sofya, Islahat, Niş, Şehbaz-i Bahri, Vidin
  • Tutrakan
  • Şevket Nüma
  • Silistre
  • Semendire, Feth-ül Islam, Arkadi, Akka, Kılıç Ali's list includes fleet organisations of the Ottoman Navy during the Russo-Ottoman War of 1877–78.

    • Dispositions in 1877

    In 1877, the naval ships of the Ottoman Navy were disposed as follows:

    Mediterranean Fleet

  • 1st Fleet (Volos)
  • Mahmûdiye, Asar-i Şevket, Bursa, Resmo
  • 2nd Fleet (Crete)
  • Azîziye, Mukaddeme-i Hayır, Iclaliye, Libnan, Muzaffer, Edirne
  • 3rd Fleet (Preveza)
  • Orhâniye, Muîn-i Zafer, Asar-i Tevfik, Sinop

    • Bosporus Fleet

  • Mesudiye, Osmaniye, Feth-i Bülend, Sürur, İzzeddin, Kandiye, Talia, Istanbul

    • Constantinople

  • Avnillah, Necm-i Şevket, Selimiye, Hüdâvendigâr

    • Guard vessels

  • Fethiye (Büyükdere), Şadiye (Golden Horn), Mansûre (Smyrna)

    • Under repair at Tersâne-i Âmire

  • Tahir-i Bahri, Peyk-i Şevket, Kosova, Peyk-i Zafer, Ertuğrul, Hizber, Kandiye, Akadiye, Eser-i Nusret, İsmail, İskenderiye

    • Fleet organisation in March 1877

    In March 1877, the Ottoman Navy was structured as follows:

    Black Sea Fleet (Ferik Bozcaadalı Hasan Hüsnü Pasha)

  • Black Sea Ironclad Squadron (Liva Mustafa Pasha)
  • Âsâr-ı Tevfik, Orhaniye, Âsâr-ı Şevket, Necm-i Şevket, Iclâliye, Feth-i Bülend, Muin-i Zafer, Avnillah
  • Black Sea Wooden Hulled Squadron (Liva Ahmed Pasha)
  • Hüdavendigâr, Mubir-i Sürur, Sinop, Muzaffer, Izmir, Edirne, Asır, Ismail, Mecidiye

    • Mediterranean Fleet (Ferik Giritli Hüseyin Pasha)

  • Mediterranean Ironclad Squadron (Milalay Faik Bey)
  • Mesudiye, Aziziye, Osmaniye, Mahmudiye, Mukaddeme-i Hayır
  • Mediterranean Wooden Hulled Squadron (Liva Hasan Pasha)
  • Selimiye, Mansure, Utarit, Eser-i Cedîd, Sehir, Taif, Fevaid, Talia

    • Bosporus Squadron

  • Fethiye, Izzeddin, Kandiye, Hanya, Medar-i Zafer, Âsâr-ı Nusret

    • Danube Squadron (Ferik Mehmet Arif Pasha)

  • Lütf-ü Celîl, Hıfz-ür Rahman, Hizber, Seyfi, Semendire, Feth-ül Islam, Böğürtlen, İşkodra, Podgoriçe, Akka, Varna, Şevket Nüma, Sultaniye, Mürvet-i Nusret, Mesir-i Bahri, Feyz-i Bahri, Serafeddin, Medar-i Tevfik, Kayseriye, Batum, Selânik, Mersin, Lütfiye, Pursut, Canik, Kılıç Ali

    • Ottoman Danube Steamship Company (İdare-i Nehriye)

  • Hüseyin, Nüzhet, Arkadi, Islahat, Rusçuk, Aziziye, Seyyar, Lom, Vidin, Niş, Ziştovi, Sofya, Seyyar

    • Danube Squadron

    In 1877, Danube Squadron of the Ottoman Navy was disposed as follows:

    April 27, 1877

  • Vidin
  • Varna, Ziştovi
  • Lom
  • Rusçuk
  • Rahova (present day: Oryahovo)
  • Podgoriçe
  • Niğbolu (present day: Nikopol)
  • İşkodra, Böğürtlen
  • Rusçuk (present day: Ruse)
  • Aziziye, Seyyar, Sofya, Islahat, Lom, Vidin, Niş
  • Tutrakan
  • Hizber, Şevket Nüma, Semendire, Arkadi
  • Silistre (present day: Silistra)
  • Kılıç Ali, Akka, Nüzhetiye, Şehbaz-i Bahri

    • July 10, 1877

  • Vidin
  • Varna, Ziştovi
  • Rahova
  • Podgoriçe
  • Niğb'

    • References

    Ottoman fleet organisation during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78) Wikipedia
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