ottoman cruiser torpedo cruiser built germany lead ship class included vessel built shipyard germany delivered november ship primary armament consisted torpedo tubes pair guns capable speed knots mph major reconstruction late 1930s revised armament rebuilt bow superstructure ship interned british controlled start italo turkish war result saw action conflict balkan war bombarded bulgarian troops threatening ottoman capital constantinople torpedoed british submarine hms august lasted final year war served black_sea escorting troop ships renamed ship continued service following collapse ottoman_empire decommissioned broken scrap design classified torpedo cruiser referred torpedo long beam draft displaced long tons short tons sea trials ship powered pair vertical triple expansion engines driving screw propeller engines rated indicated horsepower speed knots mph cruising radius nautical miles crew numbered officers enlisted men primary offensive armament torpedo tubes mounted bow water deck mounted swivel launchers amidships armed pair guns placed shielded single mounts forecastle quarterdeck carried guns mounted pair guns armor protection service history ordered january laid february shipyard kiel germany launched november year completed completing sea trials transferred arriving constantinople november formally commissioned ottoman fleet took command ship held position sister participated fleet maneuver conducted years outbreak italo turkish war september red_sea october encountered italian torpedo cruiser italian vessels forced flee port bombarded dock facilities withdrew later interned duration war british controlled march balkan war ship sent black_sea support garrison renewed attacks bulgarian army second battle heavy bombardment ottoman fleet including forced retreat march august steamed constantinople scheduled begin lengthy overhaul growing tensions region outbreak world war europe ship painted loaded ammunition fuel stores november battlecruiser sultan patrol december ship joined sultan german light cruiser sister escort convoy troop transports june nearly torpedoed british submarine transporting ammunition ottoman garrison months later hms successfully torpedoed ship august causing damage ship returned service july ship service escort constantinople decommissioned final weeks war october laid constantinople november ottoman_empire signed armistice powers concluded conflict ship renamed following end turkish war independence saw replace old ottoman_empire time ship handful major warships active service decade near continuous war turkish fleet modernized naval shipyard recommissioned rebuilt incorporated substantial improvements stem replaced superstructure rebuilt old gun armament replaced pair caliber guns caliber guns ship continued service stricken naval register ship laid broken shipyard
Ottoman cruiser Peyk-i Şevket