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Thursday 23 November 2017

Turkish navy commissioned German built motor torpedo boats according to the Dutch magazine Marineblad dated 1938 no. 7

An item referred to the magazine Revista Marittime dated September 1938 reporting that in May 1938 the Turkish navy commissioned the by German shipyards wood built motor torpedo boats which were named No. 1 Oryen, No. 2 Velebit, No. 3 Dinara, No. 4 Triglav, No. 5 Suvobor, No. 6 Rudnik, No. 7 Kaymakhalan and No. 8 Dovrmitor. Displacement 60 tons. Gasoline engines with a total horsepower of 3.000hp and allowing a maximum speed of 38 knots. The armament consisted of 2 torpedo tubes and 1 machinegun.