Название: Osprey New Vanguard 227 - Ottoman Navy Warships 1914-1918
Автор: Ryan K. Noppen
Издательство: Osprey Publishing
Год: 2015
Формат: PDF
Страниц: 49
Размер: 7,4 МБ
Язык: Английский
At the start of the 20th century the Ottoman Navy was a shadow of its former might, a reflection of the empire as a whole the "Sick Man of Europe". Years of defeat, nepotism, and neglect had left the Ottoman Navy with a mix of obsolete vessels, whilst the list of prospective enemies was ever-growing. An increasing Russian naval presence in the Black Sea and the alarming emergence of Italy and Greece as regional Naval powers proved beyond all doubt that intensive modernization was essential, indeed, the fate of the Empire as a naval power depended on it. So the Ottoman Navy looked to the ultimate naval weapon of the age, the dreadnought, two of which were ordered from the British.