Mustafa Ertuğrul Aker brings shore artillery to bear

Mustafa Ertuğrul Aker maneuvered four mountain guns into a position from which they could engage Ben-my-Chree. Sources disagree over whether they were 75 mm Ehrhardt pieces or 77 mm Krupp guns, and the available production evidence does not settle the question. His battery later opened the decisive fire on the carrier and also attacked Allied supply and ammunition ships. It engaged the French patrol vessel Paris as well, a small vessel used to support amphibious operations. That Paris must be distinguished from the much larger contemporary French battleship of the same name.