Ottoman minelayer Nusret

Nusret in Tarsus
History
Ottoman Empire
Name	Nusret
Builder	Schiffs & Maschinenbau AG Germania, Kiel, German Empire
Laid down	1911
Launched	4 December 1911
Commissioned	1913
Decommissioned	October 1918 and laid up
Turkey
Name	Nusret (1922), Yardım (1937), Nusret (1939), Kaptan Nusret (1966)
Decommissioned	1955 and laid up at Gölcük, for conversion to museum ship
Reclassified	Diver vessel (1937), tender (1939)
Refit	Sold 1962 to commercial interests and rebuilt 1962-1966 to general cargo motorship
Fate	April 1989 capsized near Mersin, 1999 salvaged, 2003 memorial/museum ship
General characteristics
Type	Minelayer
Displacement	365 t
Length	40.20 m (131 ft 11 in) (LPP)
Beam	7.50 m (24 ft 7 in)
Depth	3.40 m (11 ft 2 in)
Installed power	1200ihp
Propulsion	2 triple 3 cyl. vertical engines 2 Schultz water-tube boilers
Speed	15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph) (trials) 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) (1914)
Armament	1913: 2 × 47mm SK L/45 C/99 Krupp quick-firing guns 40 mines 1927: 2 × 57mm SK L/45 C/99 quick-firing guns 60 mines

40°8′55.93″N 26°23′55.39″E / 40.1488694°N 26.3987194°E / 40.1488694; 26.3987194Nusret was a naval ship of the Ottoman Navy, which served as a minelayer during the Gallipoli Campaign, and later fulfilled various roles in the Turkish Navy; as minelayer (1927–1937), diver vessel (1937–1939) and tender (1939–1955). She was laid down in 1911 and launched from Schiff & Maschinenbau AG 'Germania' at Kiel, Germany on 4 December of that year.^[1]