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