England seized Turkish customs cutters according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 4 October 1911

An item reported that the shipyard of John Thornycroft&Co. at Southampton, England was building several customs cutters for the Turkish government. Six were already delivered and four others were on 3 October send with the British steamship Haddon Hall to Turkey. The British cabinet prevented the departure however and seized the with small quick firing armed cutters.