TCG Muavenet

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Four ships of the Turkish Navy have been named Muavenet. The name means "support". The later ships were named in honor of the first.

• The first, Muavenet-i Milliye, was an Ottoman torpedo boat that sank the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Goliath during the Battle of Çanakkale of World War I.
• The second, TCG Muavenet, was previously HMS Inconstant (H49), a destroyer ordered by Turkey to be built in England, but delayed in delivery by World War II.
• Another Muavenet (DM-357) was previously USS Gwin (DM-33), a destroyer minelayer transferred in 1971. She was crippled in 1992 by two Sea Sparrow missiles fired from USS Saratoga (CV-60) during a NATO exercise in the Saros Bay, Turkey , and scrapped.
• The most recent TCG Muavenet (F-250) was previously USS Capodanno (FF-1093), and was given to Turkey by the United States Navy as restitution for wrecking the previous Muavenet.