sentences:  "Hamidiye" conducted a series of operations in company with "Yavûz" and "Midilli"; on 23 September 1914, "Hamidiye" sailed with "Yavûz" to Trebizond to escort three transports.In November it bombarded military installations at Russian port Tuapse.The ship sortied again in January 1915 along with "Midilli"; on 9 January the two ships accidentally encountered the Russian fleet off Yalta.