out of firing position, close to the cliffs, where Queen Elizabeth could not engage her. On 30 April tried again, but was spotted from the pre-dreadnought which had moved into the Dardanelles to bombard the Turkish headquarters at Çanakkale. The British ship only managed to fire five rounds before moved out of her line of sight. On 1 May, sailed to the Bay of Beikos in the Bosphorus after the Russian fleet bombarded the fortifications at the mouth of the Bosphorus. Around 7 May, sortied from the Bosphorus in search of Russian ships as far as Sevastopol, but found none. Running short on main gun ammunition, she did not bombard Sevastopol. While returning on the morning of 10 May, s lookouts spotted two Russian pre-dreadnoughts, and , and she opened fire. Within the first ten minutes she had been hit twice, although she was not seriously damaged. Admiral Souchon disengaged and headed for the Bosphorus, pursued by Russian light forces. Later that month two of the ship's 15 cm guns were taken ashore for use there, and the four 8.8 cm guns in the aft superstructure were removed at the same time. Four 8.8 cm anti-aircraft were installed on the aft superstructure by the end of 1915. On 18 July, struck a mine; the ship took on some of water and was no longer able to escort coal convoys from Zonguldak to the Bosphorus. was assigned to the task, and on 10 August she escorted a convoy of five coal transports, along with and three torpedo boats. During transit, the convoy was attacked by the Russian submarine , which sank one of the colliers. The following day, and another submarine tried to attack as well, though they were unable to reach a firing position. Two Russian destroyers, and , attacked a Turkish convoy escorted by and two torpedo boats on 5 September. s guns broke down during combat, and the Turks summoned , but she arrived too late: the Turkish colliers had already been beached to avoid capture by the Russian destroyers. On 21 September, was again sent out of the Bosphorus to drive off three Russian destroyers which had been attacking Turkish coal ships. Escort missions continued until 14 November, when the submarine nearly hit with two torpedoes just outside the Bosphorus. Admiral Souchon decided the risk to the battlecruiser was too great, and suspended the convoy system. In