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HMS Erin (1913)
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(contracted; show full) before war actually broke out on August 4th. In the absence of a war, which 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 which had cost £4 million pounds. 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".
 
This proved a factor in turning Turkish public opinion against [[United Kingdom|Britain]], especially as the Turkish Navy had been pro-  Britain — the Army having been pro-  German. How far 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) is debatable. To capitalize on this, 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 ==
(contracted; show full)[[Category:Battleships of the Royal Navy]]
[[Category:World War I battleships of the United Kingdom]]

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