395:, which is situated to the east of Karadeniz Ereğli. French commander Tilli and a small platoon embarked the ship, and the ship was directed to Istanbul with the gunboat in rear. After a short voyage, however, the crew overtook the French boarding party by surprise, and redirected the ship back to Karadeniz Ereğli. The gunboat opened fire, but fearing to wound the French seamen, they didn't use their heavy guns. In Karadeniz Ereğli harbor, the French gunboat maneuvered sailing between Alemdar and the pier. But this was not a wise choice; because the nationalists in Karadeniz Ereğli opened fire from the pier. According to Erol Mütercimler while the casualty of
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was one death (Recep Kahya) and three wounded soldiers, the casualty of C-27 was two deaths and three wounded soldiers. The gunboat retreated. According to the agreement reached on 2 March, the French military personnel who were held captive were released and the French navy promised not to interfere
295:. Built in 1898 in Denmark, the Danish-flagged vessel was seized by the Ottoman Empire during World War I. She served under Turkish flag until her scrapping in 1982. Since 2008, a replica of her serves as a museum ship at the port of Karadeniz Ereğli, Turkey.
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to change sides under the pretext of a salvage operation. They consigned the ship to nationalist forces. The number of the crew was now 21 excluding Osman who fell ill in
Karadeniz Ereğli. The revolutionaries decided to send the ship to a port in eastern
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began serving as one of the few warships of the nationalists. In 1929, she was sold to
Turkish Maritime Lines returning to her civilian service. After several handovers,
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was trying to sail to east, the French gunboat C-27 waiting in ambush out of
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Enterprise, Copenhagen
734:(in Turkish). Karadeniz Ereğli Belediyesi. Archived from
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628:"Gazi Alemdar müze gemisini 600 bin kişi ziyaret etti"
420:. In 1922, four cannons were mounted on board, and
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705:(in Turkish). Ereğli Kömür Tarihi. Archived from
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667:"Kurtuluş Savaşının kahraman gemisi: Alemdar"
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491:The technical details were
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79:1964–1980: Isikurt Maritime
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481:Gazi Alemdar Müze Gemisi
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172:General characteristics
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408:Later years
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285:salvage tug
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908:1898 ships
902:Categories
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575:References
416:sailed to
264:in Turkey.
105:Copenhagen
801:Zonguldak
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389:Black Sea
369:Black Sea
332:home port
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528:192 Nt.
336:Istanbul
148:Launched
131:Istanbul
118:Istanbul
849:Trabzon
672:Radikal
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450:31°25′E
447:41°17′N
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418:Trabzon
414:Alemdar
402:Alemdar
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385:Alemdar
381:Alemdar
360:Alemdar
334:became
328:Alemdar
317:Ottoman
309:Danmark
305:Denmark
299:History
282:Turkish
271:Alemdar
205:Draught
177:Tonnage
140:Builder
49:Alemdar
43:Danmark
30:History
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497:Length
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356:Allies
274:, aka
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601:Sabah
544:coal
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505:Width
213:Speed
58:Owner
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159:1982
151:1898
35:Name
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