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List of Fleet Commanders of the Ottoman Navy

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This list includes Fleet Commanders (Turkish: Donanma Komutanı) of the Ottoman Navy.[1]

On March 13, 1867, the title of Kapudan Pasha (list) was abolished, and the Naval Minister (Bahriye Nazırı) and the Fleet Commander (Donanma Komutanı) were instituted.[1]

Ottoman Navy Fleet Commanders (1877-1920)
# Commander Photo Service Start Service End Notes
1 Amiral Bozcaadalı Hasan Hüsnü Pasha 1877 1894 Russo-Turkish War (1877–78)
2 Amiral Hüseyin Pasha 1894 1897
3 Amiral Hasan Rami Pasha 1897 1908 Greco-Turkish War (1897)
4 Ferik Amiral Sir Douglas Gamble[2] 1908 8 February 1910
5 Officer Ford[2] February 1910 April 1910 Head of the first British naval mission to the Ottoman Empire
6 Liva Amiral Hugh Pigot Williams[2] April 1910 1910 Head of the second British naval mission to the Ottoman Empire
7 Kalyon Kaptanı Cibalili Tahir Mehmed Bey 20 December 1910 24 July 1912 Italo-Turkish War
8 Kalyon Kaptanı Sermet Fazıl Bey 24 July 1912 18 August 1912
9 Kalyon Kaptanı Selanikli Ramiz Numan Bey 19 November 1912 6 February 1913 First Balkan War, battles of Lemnos and Elli
10 Kalyon Kaptanı Cibalili Tahir Mehmed Bey 6 February 1913 14 November 1913
11 Liva Amiral Arthur Limpus[2] 14 November 1913 3 August 1914 Head of the third British naval mission to the Ottoman Empire
12 Fırkateyn Kaptanı Arif Ahmed Bey 3 August 1914 3 September 1914
13 Amiral Wilhelm Souchon[3] 3 September 1914 24 August 1917 Head of the German naval mission to the Ottoman Empire. Helped provoke the entry of the Ottoman Empire into World War I on the side of the Central Powers through the Black Sea Raid against Russian naval bases
14 Amiral Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz[3] 24 August 1917 3 November 1918 Battle of Imbros
15 Liva Amiral Arif Ahmed Bey 3 November 1918 22 April 1920
Turkish Navy Fleet Commanders (1922-1924)
16 Kalyon Kaptanı Hamdi Tevfik Bey 22 December 1922 23 January 1924
17 Fırkateyn Kaptanı Fuat Hüsnü Bey 23 January 1924 11 May 1924

Sources

  1. ^ a b Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN 1-55750-659-0, p. 197.
  2. ^ a b c d Royal Navy Officer
  3. ^ a b German Imperial Navy Officer
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