The condition of the Ottoman fleet could not be concealed from foreign observers, which proved to be an embarrassment for the government and finally forced Sultan Abdul Hamid II to authorize a modernization program, which recommended that the ironclads be modernized in foreign shipyards.
The condition of the Ottoman fleet could not be concealed from foreign observers. The condition of the Ottoman fleet could not be forced Sultan Abdul Hamid II to authorize a modernization program. The ironclads be modernized in foreign shipyards. A modernization program recommended this. Foreign observers proved to be an embarrassment for the government.