Stratejik İş Birliği ve Askeri Danışmanlık Kapsamında Osmanlı Donanmasında Amiral Limpus Misyonu (1912-1914)
The Admiral Limpus Mission to the Ottoman Navy within the Context of Strategic Cooperation and Naval Consultancy (1912-1914)

Summary/Abstract: This study examines the period of the service of Arthur Limpus, the last British Admiral who entered the service of the Ottoman Government on 25 May 1912 for the reorganization of the Ottoman navy. The assignment process of Admiral Limpus, who was personally selected by the First Lord of the Admiralty Winston Churchill for this duty, was analyzed by scrutinizing the correspondence he exchanged with his predecessors Admiral Gamble and Admiral Williams, and the problems that the British officers encountered concerning their scope of authority in the Ottoman navy were evaluated. By analyzing the reports submitted by Admiral Limpus to the Ottoman Ministry of Navy, it was understood that the Ottoman naval policy was determined as creating a fleet equal to the Austrian navy and stronger than the Greek navy. For this purpose, the Admiral closely followed the dreadnoughts, which were under construction in Britain, ensured the reorganization of the structure of the Ministry of Navy, and organized courses in various fields for the training of officers and soldiers. These processes have been analyzed based on Admiral Limpus’ private documents, which are kept in the Caird Archive of the British National Maritime Museum and used for the first time in this study, and the documents of the Prime Ministerial Ottoman Archive.

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