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HMS Erin
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|colspan="2" align="center"|[[Image:Resadiye.jpg|300px|Sketches showing the transformation from ''Reshadiye'' to ''Erin'']]<br/><small>Sketches showing the transformation from ''Reshadiye'' to ''Erin''</small>
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|Armour:
|12 in (305 mm) main belt,<br/>6 in (152 mm) upper belt,<br/>10 to 3 in (203 to 305 mm) over turrets
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'''HMS ''Erin''''' was a [[battleship]] of the [[Royal Navy]], originally '''''Reshadiye''''', ordered for 
the navy of the [[Ottoman NavyEmpire]] but requistioned by Britainseized 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 &q(contracted; show full)* 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:Royal Navy battleships|Erin]]
[[Category:Ottoman military]]