Coastal artillery of the Dardanelles Strait () are a series of redoubts on each side of the Dardanelles Strait which controlled the strait in the First World War during the Naval operations in the Dardanelles Campaign. Some castles located in the background also supported the coastal artillery.
SideName (Turkish)In British sourcesCommissioner and dateAltitude, meterAnatolian sideOrhaniyeOrkhaniye No 4Abdülhamit II (1889)10Karanlık Liman (Kumkale)No 6 Abdülaziz25Topçamlar Abdülaziz75Çakaltepe Abdülaziz115 Dardanos No 8Abdülhamit II (1892)50Anadolu Hamidiye Hamidieh No 19 Abdülhamit II (1892)4ÇimenlikChemenlek No 20Abdülaziz30Anadolu Mecidiye Anadolu Medjidieh No 24 Abdülmecit4Rumeliaan (Thracean) sideErtuğrulNo 1 Abdülhamit II (1895)60Seddülbahir (castle)Sedd el Bahr No 3Turhan Hatice Sultan (1659)30Domuztepe Abdülhamit II (1892)30Kayalıktepe Abdülhamit II220Rumeli Mecidiye No 13Abdülhamit II (1892)20Yıldız No 9Abdülhamit II (1892)225Rumeli HamidiyeHamidieh II No 16Abdülhamit II (1896)10Namazgah No 17Abdülaziz10Değirmenburnu Abdülhamit II (1895)5
Bouvet The corporal Seyit Çabuk of the Rumeli Mecidiye artillery was responsible in sinking the French battleship Bouvet on 18 April 1915.Turgut Özakman:Diriliş, , p170-171
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