Naval Operations in the Dardanelles 1915

Naval Operations in the Dardanelles 1915

Naval Operations in the Dardanelles 1915
AMMUNITION RESERVES IN FORTS AND BATTERIES OF THE DARDANELLES FORTIFIED ZONE
BEFORE THE MAIN ASSAULT OF THE ALLIED NAVY (MARCH 18, 1915) AND IMMEDIATELY AFTER
NAME OF FORT, BATTERY
OR ARTILLERY UNIT
TYPE AND NUMBER OF GUNS
2 pieces of 355/35
7 pieces of 240/35
1 piece 355/35*
1 piece 355/22
1 piece 240/22
1 piece 210/22
2 pieces of 280/22
4 pieces of 240/35
2 pieces of 355/35
2 pieces of 260/22
2 pieces of 240/35
5 pieces of 240/22
7 pieces of 210/22
5 pieces of 150/40
3 pieces of 150/45
Anadolu Hamidiye (Fort No. 19)
Çimenlik (Fort No. 20)
Rumeli Mecidiye (Fort No. 13)
Rumeli Hamidiye (Fort No. 16)
Namazgâh (Fort No. 17)
Dardanos (Fort No. 8)
Rumeli Mesudiye (Fort No. 7)
1st Battalion
8th Howitzer
2nd Battalion
Regiment
3rd Battalion
Mortar Battery in Tenger Valley
Gun Batteries in Soğanlı Valley
AMMUNITION RESERVES ON
MARCH 18, 1915 (MORNING)
NEW TYPE
OLD TYPE
34
97
156
449
96
49
43
83
243
52
82
232
25
82
176
32
152
435
1486
485
230
502
30 pieces of 150 mm
5530
-
10 pieces of 210 mm
12 pieces of 120/24 (fortress
guns of wheeled carriages)
4 pieces of 87/24 (with
strengthened barrel)
?
-
ALTOGETHER
NUMBER OF FIRED SHELLS
NEW TYPE
19
60
OLD TYPE
10
?
-
-
47
-
46
6
33
-
115
114
897
142
426
17
NUMBER OF SHELLS LEFT AFTER
MARCH 18, 1915
NEW TYPE
OLD TYPE
15
87
96
?
96
49
43
83
243
52
35
186
25
82
170
32
119
435
1486
370
230
388
-
4065
-
-
?
-
?
110
?
?
18
?
6942
3809
1959
95
5128
3265
* On March 18, 1915 this gun presumably was in Fort Anadolu Hamidiye (Fort No. 19).
Source: Birinci Dünya Harbi’nde Türk Harbi, V nci Cilt, Çanakkale Cephesi Harekatı, I nci Kitap (Haziran 1914 - 25 Nisan 1915), Ankara 1993; Kurtoğlu, Çanakkale ve 18
Mart 1915, “336 sayılı Deniz mecmuasının tarihi ilavesi”, İstanbul 1935; Hasan Bey, Mermiyi yapıştırdım, „Günaydın Gazetesi”, 18 Mart 1990.