They were transferred on 1 September 1910 , and on 12 September the German Reichsmarineamt formally struck them from the naval register , backdated to 31 July .
The two battleships were renamed after the famous 16th - century Ottoman admirals , Turgut Reis and Hayreddin Barbarossa , respectively .
Ottoman were transferred on 1 September 1910 , and on 12 September the German Reichsmarineamt formally struck them from the naval register , backdated to 31 July .
The two battleships were renamed after the famous 16th - century Ottoman admirals , Turgut Reis and Hayreddin Barbarossa , respectively .