Qualla: Battle of Imbros https://qualla.com/battle-of-imbros en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:30 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_res/siteimages/rsslogo.png Qualla: Battle of Imbros https://qualla.com/battle-of-imbros Battle of Imbros: Introduction https://qualla.com/battle-of-imbros/ She had been the Goeben once. Built at Hamburg, sent into the Mediterranean in the summer of 1914, raced across the sea ahead of pursuing British ships, and then handed to the Ottoman Empire to dodge international neutrality law, she carried German gunners under an Ottoman flag and a new name: Yavûz Sultân Selîm. For three years she had been the most powerful warship east of Malta and had barely left the Sea of Marmara. On 20 January 1918, with the Ottoman position in Palestine collapsing, her German captain decided it was time to risk her one more time.

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]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/4/k/battle-of-imbros-wp/sx4k-battle-of-imbros-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Battle of Imbros: A sortie of necessity https://qualla.com/battle-of-imbros/ Vice-Admiral Hubert von Rebeur-Paschwitz had taken over the Black Sea command in late 1917 and arrived to a theatre running out of options. Allied troops under Allenby were advancing through Palestine; British monitors were lobbing shells onto Ottoman positions from the Aegean co...

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]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/4/k/battle-of-imbros-wp/sx4k-battle-of-imbros-a-sortie-of-necessity.mp3 0:06 2 full Battle of Imbros: Out of the strait https://qualla.com/battle-of-imbros/ The Yavûz Sultân Selîm and her smaller consort, the light cruiser Midilli — formerly the German Breslau — slipped out of the Dardanelles before dawn. Yavûz struck a mine on the way out. The damage was minor. They pressed on. At first light Yavûz opened fire on the British signal ...

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]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/4/k/battle-of-imbros-wp/sx4k-battle-of-imbros-out-of-the-strait.mp3 0:06 3 full Battle of Imbros: The minefield https://qualla.com/battle-of-imbros/ The Ottoman ships turned for home with their morning's work done. The British had spent three years laying mines across the approaches to the Dardanelles, and on the way back Midilli ran into them. She struck five in succession. The light cruiser broke up and sank with most of he...

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]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/4/k/battle-of-imbros-wp/sx4k-battle-of-imbros-the-minefield.mp3 0:06 4 full Battle of Imbros: The last sortie https://qualla.com/battle-of-imbros/ Yavûz was eventually towed to safety in the Sea of Marmara and patched together for harbour duty, but she would not fight again before the armistice. With Midilli on the seabed and her own battlecruiser out of action, the Ottoman Navy had effectively no offensive arm left. The Br...

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]]> Fri, 24 Apr 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/s/x/4/k/battle-of-imbros-wp/sx4k-battle-of-imbros-the-last-sortie.mp3 0:06 5 full Battle of Imbros: The ship that survived https://qualla.com/battle-of-imbros/ The Yavûz had a longer life than most of the men who fought her. She was repaired in the 1930s in the new Turkish Republic, kept in commission as the flagship Yavuz, escorted Atatürk's body to Istanbul in 1938, and was not finally retired until 1950 and broken up in 1973. She was...

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