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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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Accordingly, on [[3 August]] [[1914]], Churchill declared that the British government had embargoed the two battleships. Mr. Rauf in his memories says, "We paid the last instalment (700,000 Turkish liras). The manufacturer and we agreed on that the ships would be hand 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 
&hellip;… Although we have protested, nobody paid attention."

When the UK declared war on [[4 August]] [[1914]] the two ships were taken over by the United Kingdom without compensation because the Ottoman Empire was allied with the German Empire. This caused resentment in the Ottoman Empire and helped push Turkey into declaring war on Germany's side on [[October 29]] [[1914]].

==Service==
[[Image:PopTilley.jpg|200px|thumb|Crew members - 1914]]

''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 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]].

==References==
* 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:Ottoman military]]
[[Category:Royal Navy battleships|Erin]]
[[Category:World War II battleships of the United Kingdom|Erin]]
[[Category:World War I battleships of the United Kingdom|Erin]]
[[Category:Barrow built ships|Erin]]