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Sunday 18 September 2016

Turkish naval budget doubled according to the Dutch newspaper Nieuwe Rotterdamsche Courant dated 31 March 1924

SMS Goeben

An item dated Constantinople, Turkey 31st reported that the National Meeting at Angora, Turkey doubled the naval budget of 3 million pond sterling. The extra money was needed toe repairing a battleship (1) and purchasing a submarine.

Note
1. This must be the former German battle cruiser Goeben. Moltke-class. Sister ship Moltke. Building ordered on 8 April 1909, laid down at the shipyard of Blohm&Voss, Hamburg, Germany on 28 August 1909, launched on 28 March 1911, commissioned on 2 July 1912, handed over to the Turkish government on 16 August 1914, renamed Yavuz Sultan Selim and commissioned in the Turkish navy. Decommissioned on 20 December 1950, renamed Yavuz in 1935, stricken on 14 November 1954 and finally broken up in 1973.