Order of Battle
Goeben's Raid on Troop Transports
Between Palestine and Salonica
20 January 1918
Contributed by Richard Hawes

Turkish Forces

Yavuz Sultan Selim, ex SMS Goeben
Struck mines at 0610 and 0948, ran aground at 1148 off Nagara in the Dardanelles, attacked unsuccessfully by RFC and RNAS a/c from HMS Ark Royal and Empress, freed 26th January 1918, arrived Sevastapol 26th May 1918 to dock for first time since 1913

Medillii, ex SMS Breaslau*
Mined 0831, and 4 more times between 0900 and 0905, sank
4 Turkish destoyers


British Forces

Aegean Squadron
    Rear Admiral Hayes-Sadler

HMS Lord Nelson,  HMS Agamemnon
    Both supposed to be on 1 hours notice at Mudros
4 to 6 destroyers on patrol at Imbros

On 16th January 1918, Hayes-Sadler took HMS Nelson to Salonika, instead of using a yacht, HMS Triad, maintained at Salonika for that purpose.

Mudros
HMS Agamemnon (unsupported)
3 light cruisers
1 sloop (under repair)
1 monitor (under repair)
4 destroyers (2 ready for sea)
HMS E-12 (under repair with a fractured shaft; her Captain, T. Williams-Freeman, wanted to have a go at Goeben on 1 shaft as soon as it was known that Goeben was aground, but was over-ruled by Hayes-Sadler)

On the 21st January, joined by
HMS E-2, Lt. P.H. Bonham-Carter (“Bonham the Good”, cousin to Stewart “Bonham the Bad” Bonham-Carter, see Zeebrugge and PQ18)
HMS E-14*, Lt. Commander G.S. White, sunk by Turkish batteries off Kum Kale, 28th January 1918

Kusu Bay, Imbros:
HMS Raglan*
HMS M28*
HMS Tigress
HMS Lizard

* Sunk

Sources:
Breyer, S., (1973), Battleships & Battle-cruisers 1905-1970
Marder, A., (1970), From Dreadnought to Scapa Flow, Volume 5