German battlecruiser Goeben

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The German battlecruiser Goeben was a World War I-era capital ship that, after being transferred to the Ottoman Navy as Yavuz Sultan Selim, played a pivotal role in drawing the Ottoman Empire into the war and influencing naval operations in the eastern Mediterranean and Black Sea.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf battlecruiser
capital ship
warship
alliance Central Powers
armament 10 × 28 cm (11 in) main guns
12 × 15 cm secondary guns
torpedo tubes
armor belt up to about 270 mm
builder Blohm & Voss
category Ships built in Hamburg
World War I battlecruisers of Germany
World War I naval ships of the Ottoman Empire
conflict World War I
countryOfOrigin German Empire
crewComplement approximately 1,000 officers and men
decommissioned 1950
displacement approximately 22,600 tons standard
engagedWith Russian Black Sea Fleet
fate scrapped in the 1970s
flagshipOf Ottoman fleet in World War I
homePort Constantinople (probable)
surface form: Constantinople
influenceOn entry of Ottoman Empire into World War I
laidDown 1909
launched 1911
length approximately 186.6 metres
locationOnOutbreakOfWar Mediterranean Sea
maximumSpeed approximately 25.5 knots
namedAfter August Karl von Goeben
notableEvent Black Sea raid against Russian ports in October 1914
escape to Constantinople in August 1914
pursuit by British Mediterranean Fleet in August 1914
transfer to Ottoman Empire in 1914
notableFor evading superior British forces in 1914
triggering Ottoman entry into World War I through Black Sea operations
operator Imperial German Navy
Ottoman navy
surface form: Ottoman Navy

Turkish Naval Forces
surface form: Turkish Navy
participatedIn naval operations in the Dardanelles area
propulsion steam turbines
renamedAs Yavuz
Selim I
surface form: Yavuz Sultan Selim
role flagship of the Ottoman Navy
serviceEntry 1912
shipClass Moltke-class battlecruiser
sisterShip SMS Moltke
statusAfterWar retained by Turkey
theaterOfOperations Black Sea
Mediterranean Sea

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Dardanelles naval operations involvedVessel German battlecruiser Goeben
Ottoman navy notableShip German battlecruiser Goeben
this entity surface form: Yavuz Sultan Selim (battlecruiser)
German light cruiser Breslau operatedWith German battlecruiser Goeben