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]

No.	Name	Took office	Left office	Time in office
Ottoman Navy Fleet Commanders (1877–1920)
1	Førslev, ChristianAdmiral Bozcaadalı Hasan Hüsnü Pasha (1832–1903)	1877	1894	16–17 years
2	Pasha, HüseyinAdmiral Hüseyin Pasha	1894	1897	2–3 years
3	Pasha, HasanAdmiral Hasan Rami Pasha (1842–1923)	1897	1908	10–11 years
4	Gamble, DouglasFerik Admiral Sir Douglas Gamble (1856–1934)	1908	8 February 1910	1–2 years
5	FordFord Head of the first British naval mission to the Ottoman Empire	February 1910	April 1910	2 months
6	Williams, HughLiva Amiral Hugh Pigot Williams (1858–1934) Head of the second British naval mission to the Ottoman Empire	April 1910	December 1910	8 months
7	Bey, CibaliliKalyon Kaptanı Cibalili Tahir Mehmed Bey	20 December 1910	24 July 1912	1 year, 217 days
8	Bey, SermetKalyon Kaptanı Sermet Fazıl Bey	24 July 1912	18 August 1912	25 days
9	Bey, SelanikliKalyon Kaptanı Selanikli Ramiz Numan Bey	19 November 1912	6 February 1913	171 days
(7)	Bey, CibaliliKalyon Kaptanı Cibalili Tahir Mehmed Bey	6 February 1913	14 November 1913	281 days
10	Limpus, ArthurLiva Amiral Arthur Limpus (1863–1931) Head of the third British naval mission to the Ottoman Empire.	14 November 1913	3 August 1914	262 days
11	Bey, ArifFırkateyn Kaptanı Arif Ahmed Bey	3 August 1914	3 September 1914	31 days
12	Souchon, WilhelmAdmiral Wilhelm Souchon (1864–1946) Head of the German naval mission to the Ottoman Empire.	3 September 1914	24 August 1917	2 years, 355 days
13	Rebeur, HubertAdmiral Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz (1863–1933)	24 August 1917	3 November 1918	1 year, 71 days
(11)	Bey, ArifLiva Amiral Arif Ahmed Bey	3 November 1918	22 April 1920	1 year, 171 days
Turkish Navy Fleet Commanders (1922–1924)
14	Bey, HamdiLiva Amiral Hamdi Tevfik Bey	22 December 1922	23 January 1924	1 year, 32 days
15	Kayacan, FuatFırkateyn Kaptanı Fuat Hüsnü Kayacan (1879–1963)	23 January 1924	11 May 1924	109 days

Sources

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

External links

Türk Denizci Kıyafet ve Unvanları (1390–1923)

[Steam_Navy197-1] 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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