History
Built by Helsingørs Jemsk & Maka in Denmark, she was launched on 4 June 1898, and christened ''Danmark''. On 21 May 1899, she began her service life in the company Danmark Em 2 Sviter Bjerg Enterprise Copenhagen. In accordance with the Capitulations of the Ottoman Empire, foreign-flagged ships were allowed to serve in Ottoman territorial waters, and Danmark was one of the ships serving in the Ottoman territorial waters. However, during World War I, the Ottoman Empire abolished the capitulations and took hold of the ship. In May 1915, she was renamed ''Alemdar'', and continued its service in the Ottoman Empire. Her home port became İstanbul, the capital of the Ottoman Empire.Alemdar's escape to nationalists
During a salvage operation in the mouth of Kızılırmak River (Hallys of the antiquity) the ship crew came together with theAlemdar's encounter with gunboat C-27
The Allies high commander gave strict orders to arrest the crew and bring the ship back. On the night of 8 February 1921 when ''Alemdar'' was trying to sail to east, the French gunboat C-27 waiting in ambush out of Karadeniz Ereğli harbor, caught ''Alemdar''. The French navy was especially active in western Black Sea because of the coal mines in Zonguldak, which is situated to the east of Karadeniz Ereğli. French commander Tilli and a small platoon embarked the ship, and the ship was directed to İstanbul with the gunboat in rear. After a short voyage, however, the crew overtook the French boarding party by surprise, and redirected the ship back to Karadeniz Ereğli. The gunboat opened fire, but fearing to wound the French seamen, they didn't use their heavy guns. In Karadeniz Ereğli harbor, the French gunboat maneuvered sailing between Alemdar and the pier. But this was not a wise choice; because the nationalists in Karadeniz Ereğli opened fire from the pier. According to Erol Mütercimler while the casualty of ''Alemdar'' was one death (Recep Kahya) and three wounded soldiers, the casualty of C-27 was two deaths and three wounded soldiers. The gunboat retreated. According to the agreement reached on 2 March, the French military personnel who were held captive were released and the French navy promised not to interfere ''Alemdar''Later years
On 25 September, ''Alemdar'' sailed to Trabzon. In 1922, four cannons were mounted on board, and ''Alemdar'' began serving as one of the few warships of the nationalists. In 1929, she was sold to Turkish Maritime Lines returning to her civilian service. After several handovers, ''Alemdar'' was finally scrapped in 1982.Museum ship
In 2008, a replica of ''Alemdar'' moored at the port of the Karadeniz EreÄŸli (), and opened to public on August 8 as aTechnical details
The technical details wereTrivia
The above dates are in Gregorian calendar. In some sources the dates are given in Rumi calendar which was the official Turkish calendar in 1921. There is a difference of 13 days between the two. (i.e. February 5 in Gregorian calendar is January 23 in Rumi calendar.)References
Map
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