Ottoman minelayer Nusret
Nusret in Tarsus | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| Ottoman Empire | |
| Name | Nusret |
| Builder | Schiffs & Maschinenbau AG Germania, Kiel, German Empire |
| Laid down | 1911 |
| Launched | 4 December 1911 |
| Commissioned | 1913 |
| Decommissioned | October 1918 and laid up |
| Turkey | |
| Name | Nusret (1922), Yardım (1937), Nusret (1939), Kaptan Nusret (1966) |
| Decommissioned | 1955 and laid up at Gölcük, for conversion to museum ship |
| Reclassified | Diver vessel (1937), tender (1939) |
| Refit | Sold 1962 to commercial interests and rebuilt 1962-1966 to general cargo motorship |
| Fate | April 1989 capsized near Mersin, 1999 salvaged, 2003 memorial/museum ship |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Minelayer |
| Displacement | 365 t |
| Length | 40.20 m (131 ft 11 in) (LPP) |
| Beam | 7.50 m (24 ft 7 in) |
| Depth | 3.40 m (11 ft 2 in) |
| Installed power | 1200ihp |
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40°8′55.93″N 26°23′55.39″E / 40.1488694°N 26.3987194°ENusret was a naval ship of the Ottoman Navy, which served as a minelayer during the Gallipoli Campaign, and later fulfilled various roles in the Turkish Navy; as minelayer (1927–1937), diver vessel (1937–1939) and tender (1939–1955). She was laid down in 1911 and launched from Schiff & Maschinenbau AG 'Germania' at Kiel, Germany on 4 December of that year.