''Peleng-i Derya'' was an Ottoman gunboat that was torpedoed by in shallow water off Istanbul, Ottoman Empire on 23 May 1915.

Construction

''Peleng-i Derya'' was laid down in 1889 and launched and completed the following year at the Schiffswerft Germania AG shipyard in Kiel, Germany as part of the alongside her

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''Nimet''. The ship was long, had a beam of and had a depth of . She was assessed at and had two

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s driving two screw propellers. The ship could generate with a speed of . She conducted her sea trials on 16 May 1896 and had an accidental boiler explosion on 22 May at

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, Germany.

Early career

''Peleng-i Derya'' was bought by the Ottoman Navy in September 1896, but the six year old ship had not been equipped yet with any armaments. She was brought to a shipyard in Istanbul to be refitted with her armaments consisting of two quick-firing (QF) Krupp (K) guns, two QF K guns, three QF K guns, four QF Nordenfelt (N) guns, three machine guns (1906) and three SK torpedo tubes. As time went on, her condition worsened and she was decommissioned in 1913 before returning to service at the start of the First World War in September 1914.

Sinking

''Peleng-i Derya'' was anchored in shallow water near Bakırköy Bay at Istanbul on 23 May 1915 when the British submarine torpedoed her without warning. The ship

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and sank with the loss of two crew, and her wreck was scrapped in 1920.

Wreck

The wreck of ''Peleng-i Derya'' was broken up in 1920 with some parts still being present to this day.

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