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 | Ship laid down =  1 August 1911
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 | Ship commissioned =  August 1914
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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]] butand to be named '''''Reshadiye''''' but was 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 1877–1878, 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 (contracted; show full)

== 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.
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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."{{cn}}

When Germany violated Belgian territory, Great Britain was compelled to declare war on 4 August 1914 and 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'']]

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

==See also==
{{Commonscat|HMS Erin}}

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

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

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