No, I think the Navy people were just there to provide "boating expertise" for the Army detachment, though there were also some naval intelligence posts (Marinenachrichtenstellen) in Syria.Did they manage to transport some of the small coastal TBs (or other assets) there as well or was it just barges for ferrying duty?
Btw, that spot above "Kolonne" made me start an unsuccessful attempt to clean my display.
I think that's a simple printing error where a "4" was erroneously substituted for a "5" since "Imperatriza Maria" had her "debut" in October of 1915.Ineresting that the hit on Goeben was attributed to a Russian dreadnought that hadn't even been built yet when the battle occurred. I guess that was more glorious than admitting that it came from a predreadnought, and that the predreadnoughts got the better of the engagement .
Well, the date in the caption, 18 Nov 14, was the day the Battle of Cape Sarych was fought. In that battle, Goeben took a 12" hit from Evstafi on the 2ndary battery armor right beside a gun, the crew of which was wiped out in the resulting ammunition fire. IOW, all the details of the pic and caption agree with the Cape Sarych fight, except for saying the hit came from the dreadnought .I think that's a simple printing error where a "4" was erroneously substituted for a "5" since "Imperatriza Maria" had her "debut" in October of 1915.
Then the author is confusing things the other way round , since Goeben had her first scrape with the IM in Otober of 1915 (haven't got the date now). I don't think that it is propaganda, more like one more mistake in this book which has many rare photos but does have some smalll and some glaring errors in the text part.Well, the date in the caption, 18 Nov 14, was the day the Battle of Cape Sarych was fought. In that battle, Goeben took a 12" hit from Evstafi on the 2ndary battery armor right beside a gun, the crew of which was wiped out in the resulting ammunition fire. IOW, all the details of the pic and caption agree with the Cape Sarych fight, except for saying the hit came from the dreadnought .