ww2 turkish navy

Kocatepe, Adatepe 1931-1954 The Kocatepe class destroyers were built for the Turkish Navy by Ansaldo of Genoa, in 1931. They were the first part of a massive re-armament program of the Turkish Navy started after the establishment of the Republic of Turkey under Kemal Ataturk. They were based on the contemporary Folgore class but with … Read more

Birinci İnönü class submersibles (1927) Turkish Navy Introduction on Turkish Submarine 1923-1935 The development of Turkish submarines went on a long way. The very first ones, Abdülhamid and Abdülmecid, were commissonned in 1886 and 1887, at a time more Navies considered them experimental and little else. A cooperation between Sweden and British Yards, they were … Read more