List of Allied warships that served at Gallipoli
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Royal Navy warships
All British warships which served in the Dardanelles region received the battle honour Dardanelles 1915 after the war- Aircraft carrierAircraft carrierAn aircraft carrier is a warship designed with a primary mission of deploying and recovering aircraft, acting as a seagoing airbase. Aircraft carriers thus allow a naval force to project air power worldwide without having to depend on local bases for staging aircraft operations...
s- Ark RoyalHMS Ark Royal (1914)HMS Ark Royal was the first ship in history designed and built as a seaplane carrier. She was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1914 shortly after her keel had been laid and the ship was only in frames; this allowed the ship's design to be modified almost totally to accommodate seaplanes...
- Ben-my-ChreeHMS Ben-my-ChreeHMS Ben-my-Chree was a packet steamer and a Royal Navy seaplane carrier of the First World War. She had originally been built as a fast passenger ferry for the Isle of Man Steam Packet — the third to bear her name — in 1907 by Vickers for the England–Isle of Man route...
(converted fast packet seaplaneSeaplaneA seaplane is a fixed-wing aircraft capable of taking off and landing on water. Seaplanes that can also take off and land on airfields are a subclass called amphibian aircraft...
carrier)
- Ark Royal
- BattleshipBattleshipA battleship is a large armored warship with a main battery consisting of heavy caliber guns. Battleships were larger, better armed and armored than cruisers and destroyers. As the largest armed ships in a fleet, battleships were used to attain command of the sea and represented the apex of a...
s- Queen ElizabethHMS Queen Elizabeth (1913)HMS Queen Elizabeth was the lead ship of the Queen Elizabeth-class of dreadnought battleships, named in honour of Elizabeth I of England. She saw service in both World Wars...
- Queen Elizabeth
- BattlecruiserBattlecruiserBattlecruisers were large capital ships built in the first half of the 20th century. They were developed in the first decade of the century as the successor to the armoured cruiser, but their evolution was more closely linked to that of the dreadnought battleship...
s- IndefatigableHMS Indefatigable (1909)HMS Indefatigable was a battlecruiser of the Royal Navy and the lead ship of her class. Her keel was laid down in 1909 and she was commissioned in 1911...
- IndomitableHMS Indomitable (1907)HMS Indomitable was an of the British Royal Navy. She was built before World War I and had an active career during the war. She tried to hunt down the German ships Goeben and Breslau in the Mediterranean when war broke out and bombarded Turkish fortifications protecting the Dardanelles even...
- Inflexible (mined and damaged on March 18)
- Indefatigable
- Pre-dreadnought battleships
- AgamemnonHMS Agamemnon (1906)HMS Agamemnon was one of two pre-dreadnought battleships launched in 1906 and completed in 1908. She was the Royal Navy's second-to-last pre-dreadnought battleship to be built, followed by her sister ship, . She was assigned to the Channel Fleet when World War I began in 1914...
- AlbionHMS Albion (1898)HMS Albion was a British Canopus-class predreadnought battleship.-Technical Description:HMS Albion was laid down by Thames Iron Works at Leamouth, London on 3 December 1896...
- Canopus
- CornwallisHMS Cornwallis (1901)HMS Cornwallis was a Duncan-class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.-Technical Description:HMS Cornwallis was laid down by Thames Ironworks and Shipbuilding Company at Leamouth, London on 19 July 1899 and launched on 13 July 1901...
- ExmouthHMS Exmouth (1901)HMS Exmouth was a Duncan class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy. HMS Exmouth was laid down by Cammell Laird at Birkenhead in August 1899, launched in August 1901 and finally completed in May 1903...
- GloryHMS Glory (1899)HMS Glory was a Royal Navy battleship of the Canopus class.-Technical Characteristics:HMS Glory and her five sister ships were designed for service in the Far East, where the new rising power Japan was beginning to build a powerful and dangerous navy, and to able to transit the Suez Canal...
- GoliathHMS Goliath (1898)HMS Goliath was one of the six Canopus-class pre-dreadnought battleships built by the Royal Navy in the late 19th century. In the First World War Goliath took part in the blockade of the German light cruiser in the Rufiji River but unsuccessful to bombard the cruiser in the delta.On 13 May 1915...
(torpedoed on May 13 at Cape HellesCape HellesCape Helles is the rocky headland at the south-westernmost tip of the Gallipoli peninsula, Turkey. It was the scene of heavy fighting between Turkish and British troops during the landing at Cape Helles at the beginning of the Gallipoli Campaign in 1915....
) - HiberniaHMS Hibernia (1905)HMS Hibernia was a King Edward VII-class predreadnought battleship of Britain's Royal Navy. Like all ships of the class she was named after an important part of the British Empire, namely Ireland....
- ImplacableHMS Implacable (1899)HMS Implacable was a Formidable-class battleship of the British Royal Navy, the second ship of the name.-Technical Description:HMS Implacable was laid down at Devonport Dockyard on 13 July 1898 and launched on 11 March 1899 in a very incomplete state to clear the building way for construction of...
- IrresistibleHMS Irresistible (1898)HMS Irresistible—the fourth British Royal Navy ship of the name—was a pre-dreadnought battleship.-Technical characteristics:HMS Irresistible was laid down at Chatham Dockyard on 11 April 1898 and launched on 15 December 1898 in a very incomplete state to clear the building ways for the...
(mined and sunk on March 18) - LondonHMS London (1899)HMS London was a Formidable class battleship in the British Royal Navy, often considered to be part of the London class or subclass.-Technical Description:...
- Lord NelsonHMS Lord Nelson (1906)HMS Lord Nelson was a predreadnought battleship launched in 1906 and completed in 1908. She was the Royal Navy's last predreadnought. The ship was flagship of the Channel Fleet when World War I began in 1914. Lord Nelson was transferred to the Mediterranean Sea in early 1915 to participate in the...
- MagnificentHMS Magnificent (1894)HMS Magnificent was one of the nine Majestic-class battleships of the Royal Navy .-Technical characteristics:HMS Magnificent was laid down on 18 December 1893 at Chatham Dockyard...
- MajesticHMS Majestic (1895)HMS Majestic was a Majestic-class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.-Technical characteristics:HMS Majestic was laid down at Portsmouth Dockyard on 5 February 1894 and launched on 31 January 1895...
(torpedoed on May 27 at Cape Helles) - Mars
- OceanHMS Ocean (1898)The fourth HMS Ocean was a Canopus-class battleship of the British Royal Navy.-Technical Description:HMS Ocean was laid down at Devonport Dockyard on 15 December 1897, launched on 5 July 1898, and completed in February 1900...
(mined and sunk on March 18) - Prince GeorgeHMS Prince George (1895)HMS Prince George was a Majestic-class predreadnought battleship launched in 1895. She was named after the future George V of the United Kingdom and was the fourth and final ship to bear that name.-Technical description:...
- Prince of WalesHMS Prince of Wales (1902)HMS Prince of Wales was a London- or Queen-class predreadnought battleship, a sub-class of the Formidable-class battleships of the British Royal Navy...
- QueenHMS Queen (1902)HMS Queen was a London or Queen class battleship, a sub-class of the Formidable class battleships of the British Royal Navy, and the tenth Royal Navy ship to bear the name.-Construction and design:...
- RussellHMS Russell (1901)HMS Russell was a Duncan-class predreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.-Technical Description:HMS Russell was laid down by Palmers Shipbuilding and Iron Company at Jarrow on 11 March 1899 and launched on 19 February 1902...
- SwiftsureHMS Swiftsure (1903)HMS Swiftsure was the lead ship of the Swiftsure class of British predreadnought battleships.-Technical Characteristics:HMS Swiftsure was ordered by Chile as Constitución and laid down by Armstrong Whitworth at Elswick...
- TriumphHMS Triumph (1903)HMS Triumph was a Swiftsure class pre-dreadnought battleship of the Royal Navy.-Technical characteristics:HMS Triumph was ordered by Chile as Libertad, laid down by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness on 26 February 1902, and launched on 12 January 1903...
(torpedoed on May 25 at Anzac) - VenerableHMS Venerable (1899)HMS Venerable was a London class predreadnought battleship, a sub-class of the Formidable class battleships, and the third ship of the British Royal Navy to bear the name.-Technical Description:...
- VengeanceHMS Vengeance (1899)HMS Vengeance was a Royal Navy predreadnought battleship of the Canopus class.-Technical Characteristics:HMS Vengeance was laid down by Vickers at Barrow-in-Furness on 23 August 1898 and launched on 25 July 1899. Her completion was delayed by damage to the fitting-out dock, and she was not...
- Agamemnon
- CruiserCruiserA cruiser is a type of warship. The term has been in use for several hundreds of years, and has had different meanings throughout this period...
s- Amethyst
- BacchanteHMS Bacchante (1901)HMS Bacchante was a Cressy-class armoured cruiser launched in 1901 for the Royal Navy. Bacchante served for a while with the Mediterranean Fleet...
- BlenheimHMS Blenheim (1890)HMS Blenheim was a Blake class first class protected cruiser that served in the Royal Navy from 1890–1926.Launched 5 July 1890, she displaced 9,150 tons and her steel hull measured 375 feet and 65 feet with turning 2 propellers giving a top speed of...
- ChathamHMS Chatham (1911)HMS Chatham was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 9 November 1911 from Chatham Dockyard. She was the lead ship of the Chatham subgroup....
- CornwallHMS Cornwall (1902)HMS Cornwall was a 9,800 ton Monmouth-class armoured cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was launched at Pembroke, Wales in 1902, and commissioned in 1904....
- DartmouthHMS Dartmouth (1911)HMS Dartmouth was a Town-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 14 December 1910 from the yards of Vickers Limited. She was part of the Weymouth subgroup....
- DorisHMS Doris (1896)HMS Doris was an Eclipse-class masted cruiser of the Royal Navy. She was built at Barrow by Naval Construction and Armaments Company and laid down on 29 August 1894, being launched 3 March 1896, and completed for service 18 November 1897....
- Dublin
- EdgarHMS Edgar (1890)HMS Edgar was a first class cruiser of the Royal Navy, and lead ship of the Edgar class. She was built at Devonport and launched on 24 November 1890...
- EndymionHMS Endymion (1891)HMS Endymion was a first class cruiser of the Edgar class. She was launched on 22 July 1891. She took part in suppressing the Boxer Rebellion in China, during which time future rear admiral and VC recipient Eric Gascoigne Robinson served aboard her...
- EuropaHMS Europa (1897)HMS Europa was a ship of the Diadem-class of protected cruiser in the Royal Navy. She was built by J&G Thompson, of Clydebank and launched on 20 March 1897...
- EuryalusHMS Euryalus (1901)HMS Euryalus was a Cressy-class armoured cruiser in the Royal Navy. Though the class was already obsolete by the outbreak of the First World War, the Euryalus and her sisters Aboukir, Bacchante, Hogue and Cressy were assigned to patrol the Broad Fourteens of the North Sea, in support of a force of...
- GraftonHMS Grafton (1892)HMS Grafton was a first class cruiser of the Edgar class. She was launched on 30 January 1892. She served in the First World War in the Gallipoli Campaign, along with her sisters Endymion, Edgar and Theseus...
- Heroic
- KentHMS Kent (1901)HMS Kent was a Monmouth-class armoured cruiser of 9,800 tons displacement, of the British Royal Navy. She was launched on 6 March 1901, with her heaviest guns being 6 inch quick-firers...
- MinervaHMS Minerva (1895)HMS Minerva was a second class protected cruiser of the Eclipse class.Minerva was laid down at Chatham Dockyard, Kent, on December 4, 1893, and was floated out on September 23, 1895. It was scrapped in 1920....
- PhaetonHMS Phaeton (1914)HMS Phaeton was an Arethusa-class light cruiser of the Royal Navy launched on 21 October 1914 at Vickers Limited shipyard.On being commissioned, she was assigned to the 4th Light Cruiser Squadron of the Grand Fleet, and between February and March 1915 was operating in the Dardanelles in support of...
- SapphireHMS Sapphire (1904)HMS Sapphire was a third-class protected cruiser of the Topaze class of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1904, saw active service in World War I and was sold for scrap in 1921.-Construction:...
- TalbotHMS Talbot (1895)HMS Talbot was an Eclipse-class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy.-Early career:She was commissioned on 15 September 1895 for service on the North America and West Indies Station...
- TheseusHMS Theseus (1892)HMS Theseus was an Edgar-class protected cruiser of the Royal Navy. The Edgars were basically smaller versions of the Blake class. Theseus was launched at Leamouth, London in 1892 and commissioned on 14 January 1896....
- DestroyerDestroyerIn naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast and maneuverable yet long-endurance warship intended to escort larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against smaller, powerful, short-range attackers. Destroyers, originally called torpedo-boat destroyers in 1892, evolved from...
s- Arno
- Beagle
- Bulldog
- Chelmer
- ColneHMS Colne (1905)HMS Colne was a River-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was built by John I. Thornycroft & Company, of Chiswick and launched on 21 May 1905. She was one of the Kennet subtype built by Thornycroft. She served in the Gallipoli Campaign during the First World War. She was sold in 1919....
- Foxhound
- GrampusHMS Grampus (1910)HMS Grampus was a of the Royal Navy, originally named HMS Nautilus when she was commissioned on 30 March 1910 from Thames Ironworks & Shipbuilding Company...
- Grasshopper
- HussarHMS Hussar (1894)HMS Hussar was a Dryad-class torpedo gunboat of the Royal Navy. She was launched in 1894 and served in the Mediterranean between 1896 and 1905 before being used for fishery protection. During the Dardanelles campaign of 1915 her commanding officer and two of her ship's company won the Victoria...
- Jed
- Kennet
- LouisHMS Louis (1913)HMS Louis was a Royal Navy Laforey-class destroyer, built as HMS Talisman, but renamed on 30 September 1913 before being launched. She was wrecked in Suvla Bay on 31 October 1915.-Career:...
(destroyed by shellfire on October 31) - LydiardHMS Lydiard (1914)HMS Lydiard was a Laforey class torpedo boat destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was launched on 26 February 1914.She served in World War I with the 3rd Destroyer Flotilla, and fought at the Battle of Heligoland Bight in 1914 and the Battle of Jutland in 1916...
- Mosquito
- Partridge
- PincherHMS Pincher (1910)HMS Pincher was a coal fired Beagle-class destroyer of the Royal Navy. She was built by William Denny and Brothers and launched on 15 March 1910.Pincher spent the early part of the First World War in the Aegean Sea...
- Racoon
- Rattlesnake
- Renard
- Ribble
- Savage
- ScorpionHMS Scorpion (1910)HMS Scorpion was one of sixteen s in service with the Royal Navy in the First World War. She was built by Fairfields Govan shipyards on the Clyde and was commissioned on 30 August 1910...
- Scourge
- Usk
- Wear
- WolverineHMS Wolverine (1910)HMS Wolverine was a of the Royal Navy launched on 15 January 1910. At the outbreak of the First World War, Wolverine was part of the Royal Navy's Mediterranean Destroyer Flotilla involved in the pursuit of the German battlecruiser ....
- Monitors
- Abercrombie
- Earl of PeterboroughHMS Earl of PeterboroughHMS Earl of Peterborough was a First World War Royal Navy Lord Clive-class monitor. Earl of Peterborough was the only Royal Navy ship ever named for Charles Mordaunt, 3rd Earl of Peterborough, a British general of the War of the Spanish Succession who fought in Spain...
- HavelockHMS Havelock (1915)HMS Havelock was an Abercrombie-class monitor of the Royal Navy that saw service in the First World War.On 3 November 1914, Charles M. Schwab of Bethlehem Steel offered Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, the use of four 14in/45cal BL MK II twin gun turrets, originally destined for...
- HumberHMS Humber (1914)HMS Humber was a Humber-class monitor of the Royal Navy. Originally built by Vickers for Brazil as the Javary, she was purchased by the Royal Navy in 1914 on the outbreak of the First World War along with her sister ships and ....
- RaglanHMS RaglanHMS Raglan was a First World War Royal Navy Abercrombie-class monitor.-Design:On 3 November 1914, Charles M. Schwab of Bethlehem Steel offered Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, the use of eight /45 cal BL MK II guns in twin gun turrets, originally destined for the Greek battleship...
- RobertsHMS Roberts (1915)HMS Roberts was an Abercrombie-class monitor of the Royal Navy that served in the First World War.On November 3, 1914, Charles M. Schwab of Bethlehem Steel offered Winston Churchill, then First Lord of the Admiralty, the use of four 14in/45cal BL MK II twin gun turrets, originally destined for the...
- Sir Thomas PictonHMS Sir Thomas PictonHMS Sir Thomas Picton was a First World War Royal Navy Lord Clive-class monitor. Sir Thomas Picton was the only Royal Navy ship ever named for Sir Thomas Picton, a British general of the Peninsula War who was killed at the Battle of Waterloo...
- M33
- SloopSloopA sloop is a sail boat with a fore-and-aft rig and a single mast farther forward than the mast of a cutter....
s- Anemone
- Aster
- Heliotrope
- Honeysuckle
- Jonquil (HQ for British IX Corps at Suvla)
- SubmarineSubmarineA submarine is a watercraft capable of independent operation below the surface of the water. It differs from a submersible, which has more limited underwater capability...
s- B6HMS B6HMS B6 was a Royal Navy B class submarine, built at Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness, launched 30 November 1905 and completed 3 March 1906.B6 was deployed to the Mediterranean soon after the outbreak of World War I. Due to the lack of spare parts this group of submarines were not used after September 1915...
- B11HMS B11HMS B11 was the last boat of the Royal Navy's B class of submarines. Launched in 1906 it is best known for carrying out a successful attack on the Turkish battleship Mesudiye in the Dardanelles. an action for which her captain received the Victoria cross...
- E2HMS E2HMS E2 was a British E class submarine built by Chatham Dockyard. E2 was laid down on 14 February 1911 and launched on 23 November 1912.She was sold 7 March 1921 to B Zammit, Malta....
- E7HMS E7HMS E7 was a British E class submarine built at Chatham Dockyard. She was laid down on 30 March 1912 and was commissioned on 16 March 1914. She cost £105,700.-Service history:...
(scuttled on September 5) - E11HMS E11HMS E11 was an E-class submarine of the Royal Navy launched on 23 April 1914. E11 was one of the most successful submarines in action during the 1915 naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign, sinking over 80 vessels of all sizes in three tours of the Sea of Marmara.-European operations:In...
- E14HMS E14HMS E14 was a British E class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. During the First World War, two of her captains were awarded the Victoria Cross, and a large number of her officers and crew were also decorated....
- E15HMS E15HMS E15 was an E-class submarine of the Royal Navy, commissioned in 1914.- Service history :During World War I, E15 served in the Mediterranean, participating in the Gallipoli Campaign against the Ottoman Empire. On 16 April 1915, under the command of Lieutenant Commander T.S...
(destroyed on April 19) - E20HMS E20HMS E20 was a British E class submarine built by Vickers, Barrow-in-Furness. She was laid down on 25 November 1914 and was commissioned on 30 August 1915.-Service history:...
(torpedoed and sunk on November 5)
- B6
- Other
- Triad (yachtYachtA yacht is a recreational boat or ship. The term originated from the Dutch Jacht meaning "hunt". It was originally defined as a light fast sailing vessel used by the Dutch navy to pursue pirates and other transgressors around and into the shallow waters of the Low Countries...
) - EgmontHMS EgmontSeveral ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Egmont:, a 74-gun third rate ship of the line launched in 1768, and broken up in 1799., another 74-gun third rate ship of the line, launched in 1810 and sold in 1875....
(ironclad, formerly AchillesHMS Achilles (1863)The broadside ironclad HMS Achilles was the third member of the 1861 programme, was described as an armoured frigate, and was originally projected as a modified version of the earlier ....
) - Canning (kite balloon ship)
- Guildford Castle (hospital ship)
- HectorHMS HectorEleven ships of the British Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Hector, named after the Trojan hero Hector in the Iliad.* The first was a 22-gun ship sold in 1656.* The second was a 30-gun ship sold in 1657....
(kite balloon ship) - ManicaHMS ManicaHMS Manica was the first Kite Balloon Ship of the Royal Naval Air Service which saw active service in the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915 directing the fire of the supporting ships at Anzac Cove.Ships of the similar type included and .-Construction:...
(kite balloon ship)
- Triad (yacht
- Unknown
- Beryl
- LevantHMS LevantTwo ships of the Royal Navy have borne the name HMS Levant, after the Levant, an historic name for the Eastern Mediterranean. A third was to have been renamed Levant, but this was never carried out:...
French warships
- Battleships
- BouvetFrench battleship BouvetThe Bouvet was a French pre-dreadnought battleship, launched in 1896 and sunk by a mine in 1915 during World War I.Bouvet, named for the maritime family of Bouvet de Lozier, the most famous being French Admiral François Joseph Bouvet, belonged to the Jauréguiberry quasi-class which comprised...
(mined and sunk on March 18) - Charlemagne
- Gaulois
- Henri IVFrench battleship Henri IVHenri IV was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy built to test some of the ideas of the prominent naval architect Louis-Émile Bertin. She began World War I as guardship at Bizerte. She was sent to reinforce the Allied naval force in the Dardanelles campaign of 1915, although some of her...
- Masséna (hulk scuttled off Cape Helles in November 1915)
- Saint Louis
- SuffrenFrench battleship SuffrenSuffren was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the French Navy, launched in July 1899. She was named after French Vice Admiral Pierre André de Suffren de Saint Tropez. The ship was originally intended to be a modified version of the design with more firepower and better armour...
- Bouvet
- Cruisers
- Jauréguiberry
- Jeanne d'Arc
- Latouche Tréville
- Submarines
- Bernoulli
- Joule (mined and sunk on May 1)
- Mariotte (scuttled on July 27)
- Saphir (sunk on January 15, 1915)
- Turquoise (captured on October 30)
Other warships
- AskoldRussian cruiser Askold (1900)Askold was a protected cruiser built for the Imperial Russian Navy. She was named after the legendary Varangian Askold. Her thin, narrow hull and maximum speed of were considered impressive for the time....
- RussiaRussiaRussia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n light cruiserCruiserA cruiser is a type of warship. The term has been in use for several hundreds of years, and has had different meanings throughout this period... - AE2 - AustraliaAustraliaAustralia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
n submarine (attacked, later scuttled on April 29)