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| colspan="2" align="center" | [[Image:HMS Erin.jpg|300px|HMS Erin]]<br/>
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!align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"|Career
!align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"|[[Image:Naval Ensign of the United Kingdom.svg|60px|Royal Navy Ensign]]
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|Ordered:
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|Laid down:
|[[1 August]] [[1911]]
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|Launched:
|[[3 September]] [[1913]]
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|Commissioned:
|August 1914
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|Decommissioned:
|December 1922
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|Fate:
|Scrapped
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|Struck:
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!colspan="2" align="center" style="color: white; height: 30px; background: navy;"|General Ccharacteristics
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|Displacement:
|27,500 tons normal<br>30,250 tons full load
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|Length:
|559 ft 6 in (171 m)
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The Ottoman Navy placed two orders for battleships: one with [[Vickers]] to be called ''Reshadiye'', and one with Armstrong to be called ''Mahmud Resad V''. However, financial difficulties led the latter to be abandoned; instead the Ottoman Navy took over the Armstrong contract for ''Rio de Janeiro'' from [[Brazil]], renaming her ''[[HMS
_  Agincourt_  (1913)|Sultan Osman I]]''. A third ship, to be named ''Fatih'', was ordered from Vickers in 1914 but cancelled on the outbreak of war. 

[[George Thurston]]'s design for ''Reshadiye'' was based on contemporary British battleships of the [[King George V class battleship (1911)|''King George V'' class]], but had a heavier secondary armament and accommodation differences, particularly [[Squat toilet|Turkish-style lavatories]]. The coal bunkerage and endurance were also less than British practice and the armour belt was shallower.

The war broke out before delivery during the trials. Even though the Turkish crew had arrived to collect her, the British Government took over the vessel for incorporation into the Royal Navy. At the same time the British also took over a second Turkish battleship, a unique vessel being built by [[Armstrong Whitworth|Armstrong]] - the ''[[HMS_  Agincourt_  (1913)|Sultan Osman I]]'' which was renamed [[HMS_  Agincourt_  (1913)|HMS ''Agincourt'']]. Such an action was allowed for in the contracts, as then-First Lord of the Admiralty [[Winston_  Churchill#First_  Lord_  of_  the_  Admiralty|Winston Churchill]] did not want to risk the ships being used against the British, but it had consequences. 

The takeover caused considerable ill-feeling in Turkey, where public subscriptions had partially funded the ships. The battleships had cost £4 million pounds but the British refused the refund the payments. In that period, Ottoman government was in a financial deadlock and for the budget of these battleships, people's donations were asked. In taverns, cafes, schools, markets everybody(contracted; show full)

==Service==
''Reshadiye'' was commissioned in the Royal Navy as HMS ''Erin'', and ''Sultan Osman I'' became [[HMS Agincourt (1913)|HMS ''Agincourt'']].

''Erin'' joined the 2nd Battle squadron of the [[Grand Fleet]], and fought in the [[Battle of Jutland]]. She became flagship of the [[Nore]] Reserve in 1919 and was scrapped in 1922 to comply with the [[Washington Naval Treaty]].


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[[Image:Resadiye.jpg|thumb|right|Sketches showing the transformation from ''Reshadiye'' to ''Erin'']]

==References==
* Conway's ''All the world's fighting ships 1906&ndash;1921''
* D. K. Brown, ''The Grand Fleet'', Chatham, 1999.

== External links ==
* [http://www.maritimequest.com/warship_directory/great_britain/battleships/erin/hms_erin.htm Maritimequest HMS Erin Photo Gallery]

[[Category:Unique battleships|Erin]]
[[Category:Naval ships of the Ottoman Empire]]
[[Category:Royal Navy battleships|Erin]]
[[Category:World War I battleships of the United Kingdom|Erin]]
[[Category:Battleships of the United Kingdom|Erin]]
[[Category:Barrow-built ships|Erin]]

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