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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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[[George Thurston]]'s design for ''Reshadiye'' was based on contemporary British battleships of the [[King George V class battleship (1911)|''King George V'' class]], but had a heavier main armament and accommodation differences, particularly Turkish-style lavatories. The coal bunkerage and endurance were also less British practice and the armour belt was shallower.

==Seizure==

As war approached, the British government could not risk such powerful vessels leaving British waters while Turkey was flirting with the [[German Empire]]. 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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[[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]]

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