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(Top) The Ottoman Navy left to rot in the Golden Horn.
(Bottom) Submarines became useless after they were withdrawn to the Golden
Horn and left to rot there. As a result, the Ottoman Empire had to join WWI
without a single submarine.
(Right) The ironclad Mesudiye became a part of the Ottoman Navy during the
reign of Sultan Abdülaziz. However, it was left to rot during the reign of Abdul
Hamid II.

own throne concerns and coup rumors as an excuse, Sultan Abdul Hamid II
withdrew the impressive Ottoman Navy from use. He ordered that the ships

be anchored at the Golden Horn, and left them there to rot.

The British First Lord of the Admiralty, the Second Earl of Selborne, who

had inspected the condition of the Ottoman fleet during those days report-
ed that 'There was no Navy!'. The Ottoman submarine, the first in history
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to fire a torpedo while submerged, was left to rot in the Golden Horn. The
Ottoman Empire, once the leader of the submarine race in the world, was now

facing the prospect of entering WWI without a single one. An Empire that
had written history ruined its own fleet at the instigation of the British deep

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