with the valuable Queen Elizabeth recalled by the Admiralty as soon as the news of the loss of Goliath arrived. In place of the battleships, naval artillery support was provided by cruisers, destroyers and purpose-built monitors which were designed for coastal bombardment. Once the navy became wary of the submarine threat, losses ceased. With the exception of the continued activity of Allied submarines in the Dardanelles and Sea of Marmara, the only significant naval loss after May was the destroyer which ran aground off Suvla during a gale on 31 October and was wrecked. The destruction of the stranded ship was accelerated by Ottoman gunfire. Troop transports Another important aspect of the allied naval operations was transporting thousands of soldiers to and from the Dardanelles over the Mediterranean Sea. The major threats were attacks by German and Austrian-Hungarian submarines and mines. The worst loss during the Dardanelles Campaign was the sinking of on 13 August 1915. The ship sailed from Alexandria, Egypt to Gallipoli with 1,367 officers and men on board and was torpedoed by near the Dodecanese, with 935 lives lost. See also Pursuit of Goeben and Breslau List of Allied warships that served at Gallipoli All the King's Men (1999 film) Coastal artillery of the Dardanelles Strait Notes References Bibliography Books Journals Reports Websites Further reading External links Bibliography: Turkey in the First World War War in the Dardanelles: 1915 Ottoman Naval Official History Account of the battle from the Imperial War Museum website (accessed Nov 2006) Winston Churchill & Gallipoli – UK Parliament Living Heritage Conflicts in 1915 1915 in the Ottoman Empire Dardanelles Campaign Battles of the Gallipoli campaign Dardanelles Campaign Dardanelles Campaign Dardanelles Campaign Dardanelles Campaign Dardanelles Campaign February 1915 events March 1915 events