TCG Muavenet
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TCG Mauvenet may refer to one of the following ships of the Turkish Navy
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, a torpedo boat of the Ottoman Navy that entered service in 1910; transferred to the Turkish Navy upon that navy's creation; taken out of service in 1923; scrapped, 1953, a ordered from the United Kingdom just prior to World War II; after the outbreak of that war, ship was purchased by the Royal Navy and renamed HMS Inconstant (H49); transferred to the Turkish Navy in 1946 with name restored to Mauvenet, the former American destroyer minelayer USS Gwin (DM-33), transferred to the Turkish Navy in 1971; struck by two missiles fired from the USS Saratoga (CV-60) during an exercise in Saros Bay, Turkey, in 1992; scrapped, 1993, the former American USS Capodanno (FF-1093); given to Turkey by the United States Navy as restitution for wrecking the previous Muavenet
Turkish Navy
The Turkish Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Turkish Armed Forces.- Ottoman fleet after Mudros :Following the demise of the Ottoman Empire in the aftermath of World War I, on November 3, 1918, the fleet commander of the Ottoman Navy, Liva Amiral Arif Pasha, ordered all flags to be...
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, a torpedo boat of the Ottoman Navy that entered service in 1910; transferred to the Turkish Navy upon that navy's creation; taken out of service in 1923; scrapped, 1953, a ordered from the United Kingdom just prior to World War II; after the outbreak of that war, ship was purchased by the Royal Navy and renamed HMS Inconstant (H49); transferred to the Turkish Navy in 1946 with name restored to Mauvenet, the former American destroyer minelayer USS Gwin (DM-33), transferred to the Turkish Navy in 1971; struck by two missiles fired from the USS Saratoga (CV-60) during an exercise in Saros Bay, Turkey, in 1992; scrapped, 1993, the former American USS Capodanno (FF-1093); given to Turkey by the United States Navy as restitution for wrecking the previous Muavenet