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From the coming into force of the present Treaty all warships interned in Turkish ports inaccordance with the Armistice of October 30, 1918, are declared to be finally surrendered to thePrincipal Allied Powers.Turkey will, however, retain the right to maintain along her coasts for police and fishery duties anumber of vessels which shall not exceed:7 sloops,6 torpedo boats.These vessels will constitute the Turkish Marine, and will be chosen by the Naval Inter-AlliedCommission of Control referred to in Article 201 from amongst the following vessels:SLOOPSAidan Reis. Hizir Reis. Burock Reis. Kemal Reis. Sakis. Issa Reis. Prevesah.TORPEDO-BOATSSisri Hissar. Moussoul. Sultan Hissor. Ack Hissar. Drach. Younnous.The authority established for the control of customs will be entitled to appeal to the three AlliedPowers referred to in Article 178 in order to obtain a more considerable force, if such an increase isconsidered indispensable for the satisfactory working of the services concerned.Sloops may carry a light armament of two guns inferior to 77 m /m. and two machine guns.Torpedo-boats (or patrol launches) may carry a light armament of one gun inferior to 77 m/m. Allthe torpedoes and torpedo-tubes on board will be removed.ARTICLE 182.Turkey is forbidden to construct or acquire any warships other than those intended to replace theunits referred to in Article 181. Torpedo-boats shall be replaced by patrol launches.The vessels intended for replacement purposes shall not exceed: 600 tons in the case of sloops;100 tons in the case of patrol launches.Except where a ship has been lost, sloops and torpedo-boats shall only be replaced after a period oftwenty years, counting from the launching of the ship.ARTICLE 183.The Turkish armed transports and fleet auxiliaries enumerated below shall be disarmed and treatedas merchant ships:Rechid Pasha (late Port Antonio).Tir-i-Mujghion (late Pembroke Castle).Kiresund (late Warwick Castle).40
Millet (late Seagull).Akdeniz. Bosphorus ferry-boats Nos. 60, 61, 63 and 70.ARTICLE 184.All warships, including submarines, now under construction in Turkey shall be broken up, with theexception of such surface vessels as can be completed for commercial purposes.The work of breaking up these vessels shall be commenced on the coming into force of the presentTreaty.ARTICLE 185.Articles, machinery and material arising from the breaking up of Turkish warships of all kinds,whether surface vessels or submarines, may not be used except for purely industrial or commercialpurposes. They may not be sold or disposed of to foreign countries.ARTICLE 186.The construction or acquisition of any submarine, even for commercial purposes, shall be forbiddenin Turkey.ARTICLE 187.The vessels of the Turkish Marine enumerated in Article 181 must have on board or in reserve onlythe allowance of war material and armaments fixed by the Naval Inter-Allied Commission ofControl referred to in Article 201. Within a month from the time when the above quantities arefixed all armaments rmunitions or other naval war material including mines and torpedoes,belonging to Turkey at the time of the signing of the Armistice of October 30, 1918, must bedefinitely surrendered to the Principal Allied Powers.The manufacture of these articles in Turkish territory for, and their export to, foreign countries shallbe forbidden.All other stocks, depots or reserves of arms, munitions or naval war material of all kinds areforbidden.ARTICLE 188.The Naval Inter-Allied Commission of Control will fix the number of officers and men of all gradesand corps to be admitted in accordance with the provisions of Article 189, into the Turkish Marine.This number will include the personnel for manning the ships left to Turkey in accordance withArticle 181, and the administrative personnel of the police and fisheries protection services and ofthe semaphore stations.Within two months from the time when the above number is fixed, the personnel of the formerTurkish Navy in excess of this number shall be demobilised.No naval or military corps or reserve force in connection with the Turkish Marine may be organisedin Turkey without being included in the above strength.41
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