Ottoman cruiser Hamidiye

Ottoman cruiser Hamidiye
History
Ottoman Empire
Name	Hamidiye
Namesake	Sultan Abdülhamid II
Ordered	1900[1]
Builder	Sir W. G. Armstrong, Whitworth & Co. Ltd., Newcastle[1]
Yard number	732[1]
Laid down	April 1902[1]
Launched	25 September 1903[1]
Commissioned	April 1904[1]
Honours and awards	Cruiser Hamidiye Medal 1913
Fate	Under British control 1918–1925, then ceded to the Turkish Navy.
Turkey
Name	Hamidiye
Commissioned	1925
Decommissioned	1947
Fate	Sold for scrap, 10 September 1964
Notes	Used for cadet training between 1940 and 1947.[1]
General characteristics Hamidiye
Type	Protected cruiser[2]
Displacement	3,904 tons (normal)[1]
Length	112 m (367 ft) (LOA)[1] 103.6 m (340 ft) (LPP)[1]
Beam	14.5 m (48 ft)[1]
Draught	4.8 m (16 ft)[1]
Propulsion	Machinery: Steam, 3 shafts[1] Engines: 2 × VTE 4-cylinder engines producing 12,000 ihp, Hawthorn Leslie and Company[1] Boilers: 16 × Niclausse water-tube boilers[1]
Speed	22.2 knots (full speed in trials)[1] 16 knots (normal cruising speed)[1]
Complement	400 (1904)[1] 355 (1915)[1]
Armament	2 × 150mm QF L/45 guns[1] 8 × 120mm QF L/45 guns[1] (150mm/45 & 4.7"/45 guns replaced after WW1 by 5 x 15 cm SK L/35 guns)[1] 6 × 47mm QF L/50 guns[1] 6 × 37mm QF guns[1] 2 × 457mm torpedo tubes[1] 70 × mines[1]

Hamidiye^{[Note 1]} was an Ottoman cruiser that saw extensive action during the Balkan Wars and World War I. Initially named Abdül Hamid, it was ordered by the Ottoman Navy in 1900 from the British shipbuilding company Armstrong Whitworth.^[1] It was laid down in Elswick, Newcastle, in April 1902; launched on 25 September 1903; its sea trials began on 17 December 1903; and it was commissioned in April 1904.^[1] It weighed 3,904 tons; was 112 m long with a beam of 14.5 m and a draught of 4.8 m; and was named after the Ottoman Sultan Abdülhamid II.^[1]

It had two 150mm L/45 quick firing guns, eight 120mm L/45 quick firing guns, six 47mm L/50 quick firing guns, six 37mm quick firing guns, and two 457mm torpedo tubes.^[1] Hamidiye was powered by two sets of four-cylinder triple expansion steam engines providing a top speed of 22.2 knots and carried a nominal complement of 400 (in 1904) and 355 (in 1915).^[1]

Its name Abdül Hamid was changed to Hamidiye after the 1908 Young Turk Revolution. Under the terms of the Treaty of Sèvres, which ended the First World War between the Allies and the Ottoman Empire, the ship was to be handed over to the United Kingdom as war compensation. However, the ensuing Turkish War of Independence culminated in the abrogation of the Treaty of Sèvres; it was replaced by the Treaty of Lausanne, which permitted the new Turkish republic to retain its fleet, including Hamidiye, which became a training ship.

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