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Sinking of Goliath

Sinking of Goliath

13 May 1915, Morto Bay, Gallipoli

Ottoman success

On a foggy night the Ottoman destroyer Muavenet-i Milliye, with a German officer aboard, slipped down the straits and torpedoed the battleship Goliath, which was supporting the French troops ashore. Goliath capsized and about 570 men died.

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British Ships of the First World War HMS GOLIATH. Torpedoed and sunk off Cape Helles in the Dardanelles, 13 May 1915. Image: Symonds & Co, Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

Royal Navy

1 ship, 1 lost

ShipTypeOutcome
HMS Goliath

Pre-dreadnought battleship

Canopus class

Sunk

Ottoman Navy

1 ship, none lost

ShipTypeOutcome
Muavenet-i Milliye

Destroyer

Survived

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