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HMS Erin (1913)
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'''HMS ''Erin''''' was a [[battleship]] of the [[Royal Navy]], a modified contemporary of the [[King George V class battleship (1911)|''King George V'' class]]. She was originally named '''''Reshadiye''''', ordered for the navy of the [[Ottoman Empire]] but seized by the [[United Kingdom]] on the outbreak of [[World War I]].

==  Background and construction  ==
After the [[Russo-Turkish War, 1877-78|Russo-Turkish War]] of 1877&ndash;–1878, Sultan [[Abdulhamid II]] withdrew the [[Ottoman Navy]] from use and left the ships to rot. One of the important reasons of this decision was his fear of dethronement like Sultan [[Abd-ul-Aziz|Abdulaziz I]]. In 1903, the [[First Lord of the Admiralty]], [[William Palmer, 2nd Earl of Selborne]], inspected the condition of the Ottoman Navy and reported that "there was no navy!"

(contracted; show full)een pro-Britain — the Army having been pro-German. It helped put Turkey (and its [[Ottoman Empire]]) into the war on the side of [[Germany]] and the [[Austro-Hungarian Empire]] against the [[Triple Entente]] of Britain, [[France]] and [[Russia]] ([[29 October]] [[1914]]). As an act of generosity to secure their allies, Germany made a gift to Turkey of the [[battlecruiser]] [[SMS Goeben|SMS ''Goeben'']] and of the [[light cruiser]] [[SMS Breslau|SMS ''Breslau'']].

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  Seizure  ==
When on [[27 July]] [[1914]] Mr. Rauf went to Newcastle on behalf of the Ottoman government to arrange for transportation of ''Sultan Osman I'', the First Lord of Admiralty [[Winston Churchill]] was aware that an embargo would mean a diplomatic crisis but he could not take the risk that these battleships would be engaged against the Royal Navy.

Accordingly, on [[3 August]] [[1914]], Churchill declared that the British government had embargoed the two battleships. Mr. Rauf in his memoirs says, "We paid the last instalment (700,000 Turkish liras). We reached an agreement with the manufacturer that the ships would be handed over on 2 August 1914. Nevertheless, after we made our payment and half an hour before the ceremony, the British declared that they have requisitioned the ships … Although we   protested, nobody paid attention."

When Germany violated Belgian territory Great Britain was compelled to declare war on [[4 August]] [[1914]] both battleships were taken over by the Royal Navy.   This act caused significant outcry in Turkey and was instrumental in the decision of the Ottoman Empire to ally with Germany in October 1914.

==  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 (United Kingdom) | |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]].

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

==  References  ==
* Conway's ''All the world's fighting ships 1906–1921''
* 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]

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