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HMS Erin (1913)
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(contracted; show full)could have provided a "national interest" excuse, this was illegal in the opinion of both the Third Sea Lord Sir Archibald Moore and the Attorney-General. Fromkin 1989, pages 56-58</ref>, but the 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, and it had consequences. 

The takeover caused considerable ill-feeling in Turkey, where public subscriptions had partially funded the ships
. The battleships which had cost £4 million pounds but the British refused to 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 donated some amount of money for the Ottoman Navy. To encourage this campaign, plentiful donations were rewarded with a "Navy Donation Medal".
 
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