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Considering the massive superiority of the Italian Navy against its Ottoman opponent, what if the Italian Navy became slightly more aggressive in the Italian-Ottoman War during 1912? The pods used are having the Ottomans lose more ships, maybe getting more aggressive Italian commanders, a less hostile Austria-Hungary and friendlier Greece and Italy commissioning its first dreadnought by at least a year earlier. Would the Italians destroy the Ottoman Navy and increase the possibility of amphibious landings? What would that do to the Balkan Wars? And if WW1 isn't butterflied away by the loss of the Ottoman Navy, the Ottomans don't surrender and the Italians and Austrians keep their fleets intact despite the losses, what would the Ottoman Navy be like? Would the German Mediterranean Squadron be expelled from Constantinople if the Ottomans received their dreadnoughts completed on time? And, would Russia increase the pace of its Black Sea Fleet construction or decrease it?

An approximate order of battle for this scenario
Here's a rough idea regarding how the order of battle would be like:
4-8 pre-dreadnoughts [including support from 4 ironclads]
4 armoured cruisers
4 protected cruisers
2 torpedo cruisers
30 destroyers, torpedo boats and escorts
a few submarines
[I assume that the rest of the fleet would be kept as reserve for refit, logistical issues and to keep Austro-Hungarian opinions neutral and ambivalent at least to prevent any invasion of Italy. Also, several ships might be trapped or sunk, being caught outside the Dardenelles' safety.]
Ottoman order of battle:
2 pre-dreadnoughts
4 ironclads [including those in inferior condition]
4 protected and torpedo cruisers
15 destroyers, gunboats and torpedo boats
minefields and coastal artillery
[The battle would take place in the Dardenelles and involve bombardment of Constantinople.]
[Possible Greek support for Italy might be considered.]
Now, the Italians would win, but at what cost? How many ships would the Italians lose?
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