Ottoman cruiser Peyk-i Şevket

One of the two Peyk-i Şevket-class cruisers in their original configuration
History
Ottoman Empire
Ordered18 January 1903
BuilderGermaniawerft, Kiel
Laid downFebruary 1906
Launched15 November 1906
Acquired13 November 1907
CommissionedNovember 1907
Stricken1944
FateBroken up for scrap, 1953–1954
General characteristics
Class & typePeyk-i Şevket-class cruiser
Displacement775 long tons (787 t)
Length80 m (262 ft 6 in)
Beam8.4 m (27 ft 7 in)
Draft2.5 m (8 ft 2 in)
Installed power
Propulsion
Speed21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph)
Range3,240 nmi (6,000 km; 3,730 mi)
Complement105
Armament

Peyk-i Şevket was a torpedo cruiser of the Ottoman Navy, built in 1906–1907, the lead ship of her class, which included one other vessel. She was built by the Germaniawerft shipyard in Germany, and was delivered to the Ottoman Navy in November 1907. The ship's primary armament consisted of three 450 mm (17.7 in) torpedo tubes and a pair of 105 mm (4.1 in) guns, and she was capable of a top speed of 21 knots (39 km/h; 24 mph). A major reconstruction in the late 1930s revised her armament and rebuilt her bow and superstructure.

The ship was interned at British-controlled Suez at the start of the Italo-Turkish War of 1911–1912, and as a result she saw no action during the conflict. During the First Balkan War in 1913, she bombarded Bulgarian troops threatening the Ottoman capital at Constantinople. Peyk-i Şevket was torpedoed by the British submarine HMS E11 in August 1915 during the Dardanelles Campaign of World War I. Repairs lasted until 1917, and in the final year of the war she served in the Black Sea, escorting troop ships to the Caucasus. Renamed Peyk in 1923, the ship continued in service with the Turkish Navy following the collapse of the Ottoman Empire until 1944, when she was decommissioned. She was broken up for scrap in 1953–1954.