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Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign

Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign
The last moments of the French battleship  , 18 March 1915
Military Conflict
ConflictNaval Operations in the Dardanelles Campaign
Date19 February 1915 � 9 January 1916
LocationDardanelles, Ottoman Empire
ResultDecisive Ottoman victory
United Kingdom British Empire *Australia Australia *New Zealand New Zealand *United Kingdom United Kingdom France France
Russian Empire
Ottoman Empire
German Empire
UK Sackville Carden
UK John de Robeck
France Émile Guépratte
German Empire Otto Liman von Sanders
Ottoman Empire Fuad Pasha 
Ottoman Empire Cevat Bey
31 battleships
3 battlecruisers
24 cruisers
25 destroyers
8 monitors
14 submarines
50+ transports
Various mines and forts; otherwise unknown
6 battleships sunk
3 battleships damaged
1 battlecruiser damaged
1 destroyer sunk
8 submarines lost
700 men
2 battleships
1 minelayer
40 men

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The naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign of the First World War were mainly carried out by the Royal Navy with substantial support from the French and minor contributions from Russia and Australia. The Dardanelles Campaign began as a purely naval operation. When that failed to overcome Ottoman defences, an invasion of the Gallipoli peninsula was launched in which naval forces were heavily involved. Throughout the campaign, attempts were made by submarines to pass through the Dardanelles and disrupt Ottoman Empire shipping in the Sea of Marmara.


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