Ottoman Navy, locations?

[miketr]

Hello All,

Any suggestions for how big of a fleet for Ottomans to put in places like the red sea and persian gulf?

I am thinking a combination of gun boats with older TB's and maybe a an old PC to act as station flag ship for both.  The bulk of the Ottoman Fleet to be in the Med / Black Sea.  Because of the Bospherous the Ottomans can put their fleet in either location at need with little effort.

Michael

[Sachmle]

Sounds reasonable, and with there sights set on Iberia now I would expect all the heavies to be in the Med.

[Borys]

Yup - I agree.
Anything which would make an impression on the Sheik (Emir?) of Bahrain in the Persian Gulf (2000 tonnes PC?), and a like force in the Red Sea.

Borys

[Desertfox]

Theres an older Ottoman OOB lying around. It can give you an idea.

Edit: Here's the link,
http://www.navalism.org/index.php?topic=799.0

[Borys]

Yay! Great job - digging that up!
Borys

[miketr]

Thanks for the heads up...  janes and the link have the new one...  anyone let me know what they think?  I tried to use the old OOB as a model but I still think there is a little too much tonage in the red sea and gulf.  I would pull the TBs and the newer four PC's but having them there does make some sense.

Michael

[Desertfox]

That tonnage in the Red Sea and Gulf could be put to good use. The Iberians have long SLOC to the Phillipines which could be cut.