List of Allied warships that served at Gallipoli explained
This is a list of Allied warships that served at the Battle of Gallipoli in 1915.
Royal Navy warships
All British warships which served in the Dardanelles region received the battle honour Dardanelles 1915 after the war
- Seaplane carriers
- Pre-dreadnought battleships
- (torpedoed and sunk on May 13 at Cape Helles, 570 men killed)
- (mined and sunk on March 18, 150 men killed)
- (torpedoed and sunk on May 27 at Cape Helles, 49 men killed)
- (mined and sunk on March 18, little loss of life)
- (torpedoed and sunk on May 25 at Anzac, 78 men killed)
- Zealandia
- Cruisers
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- (ran aground during a gale and destroyed by shellfire on October 31)
- [1]
- [2]
- Anemone
- Aster
- Submarines
- (scuttled on September 5)
- (destroyed on April 19)
- (torpedoed and sunk on November 5)
- Other
- (Trawler / minesweeper)
- (Kite balloon ship)
- Egmont (Ironclad, formerly)
- (Hospital ship)
- (Kite balloon ship)
- (Armed Boarding Steamer)[3]
- (Kite balloon ship)
- (Yacht)
- Barryfield (paddle steamer converted to landing vessel)http://historicalrfa.org/requisitioned-auxiliaries/161-requisitioned-auxiliaries-b/1575-requisitioned-auxiliary-barry
French warships
- Battleships
- (mined and sunk on March 18, 1915, 660 men killed)
- (hulk scuttled off Cape Helles in November 1915)
- Cruisers
- Submarines
- (mined and sunk on May 1, 31 men killed)
- (scuttled on July 27)
- (sunk on January 15, 1915, 15 men killed)
- (captured on October 30)
Other warships
- - Russian light cruiser
- - Australian submarine (attacked, later scuttled on April 29)
Notes and References
- Battles & Honours of the Royal Navy. David A Thomas 1998
- Battles & Honours of the Royal Navy. David A Thomas 1998
- British Warships 1914-1919.Dittmar and Colledge 1972