List of Fleet Commanders of the Ottoman Navy

This list includes Fleet Commanders (Turkish: Donanma Komutanı) of the Ottoman Navy.^[1]

On March 13, 1867, the title of Kapudan Pasha (list) was abolished, and the Naval Minister (Bahriye Nazırı) and the Fleet Commander (Donanma Komutanı) were instituted.^[1]

	Name	Photo	Citizenship	Birth Death	Rank	Start End	Note
1	Bozcaadalı Hasan Hüsnü Pasha		Ottoman Empire	1832 1903	Amiral	1877 1894
2	Hüseyin Pasha		Ottoman Empire		Amiral	1894 1897
3	Hasan Rami Pasha		Ottoman Empire	1892 1923	-	1897 1908
4	Sir Douglas Austin Gamble KCVO		Great Britain		Ferik Amiral	1908 8 February 1910
5	Ford		Great Britain		Officer	February 1910 April 1910
6	Hugh Pigot Williams		Great Britain		Liva Amiral	Nisan 1910 1910
7	Cibalili Tahir Mehmet Bey		Ottoman Empire		Kalyon Kaptanı	20 December 1910 24 July 1912	Italo-Ottoman War
8	Sermet Fazıl Bey		Ottoman Empire		Kalyon Kaptanı	24 July 1912 18 August 1912
9	Cibalili Tahir Mehmet Bey		Ottoman Empire		Kalyon Kaptanı	18 August 1912 29 November 1912	First Balkan War
10	Selanikli Ramiz Numan Bey		Ottoman Empire		Kalyon Kaptanı	29 November 1912 6 February 1913	Battle of Elli, Battle of Lemnos
11	Cibalili Tahir Mehmet Bey		Ottoman Empire		Kalyon Kaptanı	6 February 1913 14 November 1913	Şarköy Langing
12	Arthur Henry Limpos		Great Britain		Liva Amiral	14 November 1913 3 August 1914
13	Arif Ahmet Bey		Ottoman Empire		Fırkateyn Kaptanı	3 August 1914 3 September 1914
14	Wilhelm Souchon	File:Vonsouchonadmiral.jpg	German Empire		Amiral	3 September 1914 24 August 1917	Bombardment of Odessa, Battle of Cape Sarych
15	Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz		German Empire		Amiral	24 August 1917 3 November 1918	Battle of Imbros
16	Arif Ahmet Pasha		Ottoman Empire		Liva Amiral	3 November 1918 22 April 1920
17	Hamdi Tevfik Bey		Ottoman / Turkey		Albay	22 December 1922 23 January 1924
18	Hasan Fuat Kayacan		Turkey		Yarbay	23 January 1924 11 May 1924

Sources[]

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN 1-55750-659-0, p. 197.

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[Steam_Navy197-1] 1.0 ^1.1 Bernd Langensiepen, Ahmet Güleryüz, The Ottoman Steam Navy, 1828-1923, Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, Maryland, 1995, ISBN 1-55750-659-0, p. 197.

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