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.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| German battlecruiser Goeben canonical | 2 |
| Yavuz Sultan Selim (battlecruiser) | 1 |
Statements (48)
| 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
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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
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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 ⓘ |
Referenced by (3)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Yavuz Sultan Selim (battlecruiser)