Yarhisar Batığı

History
Ottoman Empire
Name	Yarhisar
Ordered	1906
Builder	SA Chantiers et Ateliers de la Gironde, Bordeaux
Laid down	1906
Launched	1907
Commissioned	1907
Fate	Torpedoed and sunk by HMS E11, 3 December 1915
General characteristics
Class and type	Samsun-class destroyer
Displacement	311 t (306 long tons)
Length	56.3 m (184 ft 9 in) (p/p)
Beam	6.3 m (20 ft 8 in)
Draft	3.17 m (10 ft 5 in)
Depth	4.1 m (13 ft 5 in)
Installed power	2 × Normand boilers 5,200 PS (3,800 kW)
Propulsion	2 × Shafts 2 × Triple-expansion steam engines
Speed	28 knots (52 km/h; 32 mph)
Range	2,300 nmi (4,300 km; 2,600 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Complement	64 officers and enlisted men
Armament	1 × 65 mm (2.6 in) gun 6 × 47 mm (1.9 in) guns 2 × 381 mm (15 in) torpedo tubes

Yarhisar was one of the four Samsun-class destroyers, based on the Durandal class, purchased from France in 1907 by the Ottoman Navy Society. She joined the Ottoman Navy in 1907, but like the rest of the Ottoman fleet, she did not take part in any active engagement with the Italians during the Italo-Turkish war. During the Balkan Wars of 1912–1913, she took part in all major engagements such as the battles of Kaliakra, Elli and Lemnos, as well as patrol missions. During World War I, she took part in escort and interception missions, especially in the Sea of Marmara. She engaged in many battles with Allied submarines entering the Sea of Marmara. On 3 December 1915, she was torpedoed and sunk by the British submarine HMS E11 off the coast of Yalova. 7 officers and 33 enlisted men were killed in the sinking. The submarine picked up the remaining crew from the sea and delivered them to a nearby sailing ship.