1. Fort Çimenlik. A 381 mm shell from HMS Queen Elizabeth passed over the 355/22 cannon’s position, ripped away the corner of the ammunition store, did not explode, passed over the fort’s courtyard and...

(photo: Piotr Nykiel © 1997)

2 ...hit the North wall of the castle... (photo: Piotr Nykiel © 1997)
3a. ...in which it remains even now. (photo: Piotr Nykiel © 1997)
3b. (photo: Piotr Nykiel © 1997)
4. Fort Rumeli Mecidiye. The 4th ammunition store (counted from the NE). The reconstruction of the corner ripped away oh the 18th March 1915 by a shell fired by one of the Allied ships is still clearly visible (photo: Piotr Nykiel © 1997)
5. The 6th ammunition store of the Rumeli Mecidiye fort (counted from the NE). A very wide destruction - which also wasn't a result of an explosion - forced Turks not only to rebuild the corner, but also to strengthen the whole construction of the store by making a supporting wall which took the 3rd part of the original store's space (photo: Piotr Nykiel © 1997)