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Yavuz Battle Cruiser

Group: Diorama
Location: 2nd Floor

It is the battleship having an important role for the Ottoman State entering the First World War by bombing the Sevastopol Port of Russia. The battle cruiser which actually belonged to the German Mediterranean War Fleet and had the name “Goeben” joined the Ottoman Army in the beginning of the First World War and named Yavuz. Its length was 186,6 m, width 29,5 m, depth 8,2 m and the crew of the cruiser consisted of 43 officers and 1010 soldiers.