Berk-i Satvet

Berk-i Satvet | Turkish Navy

Tonnage: 775 tonnes
Length: 80.1 m.
Beam: 8.4 m.
Draught: 4.6 m.
Engines: 2 VTE; 5,100 hp; Germania
Speed: 18 kts.
Armament: 2-105 mm L/40 quick firing guns, Krupp | 6-57 mm L/40 quick firing guns, Krupp | 2-37 mm L/40 quick firing guns, Krupp | 3 torpedo tubes, 450 mm.

  • Launched on December 1, 1906.
  • Commissioned by the Turkish Navy in November 1907.
  • Took part in the Balkan War.
  • On October 29, 1914, Berk-i Satvet shelled the Russian artillery positions at Novorossiysk.
  • On January 2, 1915, Berk-i Satvet was damaged badly by a Russian mine off Bosphorus.
  • Returned to service in 1917.
  • Laid up in Istanbul on October 31, 1918.
  • Renamed Berk in 1924 and refurbished by the Turkish Navy at Gölcük.
  • Decommissioned in 1945.
  • Broken up in 1955.