Brazilian Rio de Janeiro. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
Turkish Resadiye-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
British King George V-class. ©Warshipsresearch.blogspot.com
An item reported that the Ottoman Empire signed a contract with the British firm Armstrong for building 2-1st class battleships.(1)
Note
1. The Resadiye-class which were an improved British King George V-class battleships design ordered from Vickers, Armstrong Whitworth. The Fatih Sultan Mehmed was ordered in April 1914 but never completed. The Resadiye (ex-Mehmed Resad V)was seized when the First World War broke out and commissioned in the British Royal Navy as HMS Erin. The Ottoman Empire bought in September 1913 from Brazil the Rio de Janeiro which was renamed Sultan Osman-I Evvel which was seized by in August 1914 and commissioned in the British Royal Navy as HMS Agincourt.
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