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There are 31,000 officers and men in the Turkish Navy and 9,000 marines. The officers are divided as follows: 2 admirals, 9 vice-admirals, 16 rear-admirals, 30 captains, 90 commanders, 300 lieutenant-commanders, 250 lieutenants, 200 sub-lieutenants.
The strength in ships built and building for the Turkish Navy on Nov. 30th, 1903, was: -
Built. | |
Battleships | --- |
Protected cruiser | 1 |
Torpedo vessels | 6 |
Torpedo-boat destroyers | 2 |
Torpedo boats | 25 |
Submarines | 2 |
Building. | |
Protected cruisers | 5 |
Torpedo-boat destroyers | 2 |
 
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