Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index Four ships of the Türk Deniz Kuvvetleri (the Turkish Navy) have been named Muavenet. The name means "support"; the later ships were named in honor of the first. The first Muavenet was an Ottoman torpedo boat that sank the pre-dreadnought battleship HMS Goliath during the Canakkale Wars. The second Muavenet, ex-HMS Inconstant (H-49), was a destroyer ordered by Turkey to be built in England, but delayed in delivery by World War II. Another Muavenet (DM-357), ex-USS Gwin (DD-772), was crippled by missiles from USS Saratoga (CV-60). The most recent Muavenet (F-250), ex-USS Capodanno (FFG-1093), was given to Turkey by the United States Navy as restitution for wrecking the previous Muavenet. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.