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Sinking of Barbaros Hayreddin

Sinking of Barbaros Hayreddin

8 August 1915, Sea of Marmara, off Bolayır

British success

On her second patrol in the Sea of Marmara, E11 caught the old battleship Barbaros Hayreddin, the Ottoman flagship at Elli and Lemnos, on her way to support the defenders at Gallipoli, and sank her with a torpedo.

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Royal Navy

1 ship, none lost

ShipTypeOutcome
HMS E11

Martin Nasmith

Submarine

Survived

Ottoman Navy

1 ship, 1 lost

ShipTypeOutcome
Barbaros Hayreddin

Pre-dreadnought battleship

Brandenburg class

Sunk

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