Saved Cruiser, Deck Awash.

New York Times 100 years ago today, November 30, 1912:
Turkish Captain Brought In the Hamidiyeh, 18 Inches Above Water.
    CONSTANTINOPLE, Nov. 20.— Foreign observers here are aroused daily to condemnation or admiration of the Turks by reason of some display of characteristics, different from those of the peoples of the West. Their indifference to the suffering of their fellow men and the wanton waste of life, displayed in the wrecks of humanity, walking the streets of Stamboul and Pera, is somewhat offset by the courage of the officers and crew of the cruiser Hamidiyeh after lack of precaution had permitted a Bulgarian torpedo boat to blow her up.
    The Hamidiyeh's captain brought his ship back to Constantinople in a manner European commanders would have adopted. He took a course across the deep sea and arrived at the Golden Horn with the decks of the cruiser eighteen inches above water. The ship was practically sunk at the entrance to the dock, and the engineers, apparently, are now unable to move her in or out.
    Asked by the foreign naval officers why he failed to hug the shore after his ship was torpedoed, the Captain replied that his crew was under good discipline and he feared they might mutiny if they saw the shore near-by. Consequently he took a chance of sinking.