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Coastal artillery of the Dardanelles Strait

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Coastal artillery of the Dardanelles Strait (Turkish: Çanakkale Tabyaları) are a series of redoubts on each side of the Dardanelles Strait which controlled the strait in the First World War during the Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign. Some castles located in the background also supported the coastal artillery.

Side Name (Turkish)[1] In British sources[2] Commissioner and date Altitude, meter
Anatolian side
Orhaniye Orkhaniye No 4 Abdülhamit II (1889) 10
Karanlık Liman (Kumkale) No 6 Abdülaziz 25
Topçamlar Abdülaziz 75
Çakaltepe Abdülaziz 115
Dardanos No 8 Abdülhamit II (1892) 50
Anadolu Hamidiye Hamidieh No 19 Abdülhamit II (1892) 4
Çimenlik Chemenlek No 20 Abdülaziz 30
Anadolu Mecidiye Anadolu Medjidieh No 24 Abdülmecit 4
Rumeliaan (Thracean) side
Ertuğrul No 1 Abdülhamit II (1895) 60
Seddülbahir (castle) Sedd el Bahr No 3 Turhan Hatice Sultan (1659) 30
Domuztepe Abdülhamit II (1892) 30
Kayalıktepe Abdülhamit II 220
Rumeli Mecidiye No 13 Abdülhamit II (1892) 20
Yıldız No 9 Abdülhamit II (1892) 225
Rumeli Hamidiye Hamidieh II No 16 Abdülhamit II (1896) 10
Namazgah No 17 Abdülaziz 10
Değirmenburnu Abdülhamit II (1895) 5

Bouvet

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The corporal Seyit Çabuk of the Rumeli Mecidiye artillery was responsible in sinking the French battleship Bouvet on 18 April 1915. [3]

References

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  1. ^ "Çanakkale quide" (in Turkish). Archived from the original on 2018-05-05. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  2. ^ "Naval operations in the Dardanelles (Piotr Nykiel)" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-24. Retrieved 2018-05-05.
  3. ^ Turgut Özakman:Diriliş, ISBN 978-975-22-0247-4 , p170-171