Battle of Lemnos (1913)

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Battle of Lemnos
Part of the First Balkan War
A Greek lithograph depicting the Averof and Greek fleet during the battle.
Date 18 January [O.S. 5 January] 1913 Location Off Lemnos, Aegean Sea Result Greek victory[1]
Belligerents
Greece	Ottoman Empire
Commanders and leaders
Pavlos Kountouriotis	Ramiz Bey
Strength
1 armored cruiser 3 ironclad battleships 7 destroyers	2 pre-dreadnaught battleships 1 ironclad battleship 1 protected cruiser 5 destroyers
Casualties and losses
1 wounded	41 killed 104 wounded 2 battleships damaged 1 ironclad damaged [2]

The Naval Battle of Lemnos (Greek: Ναυμαχία της Λήμνου, Turkish: Mondros Deniz Muharebesi), fought on 18 January [O.S. 5 January] 1913, was a naval battle during the First Balkan War, in which the Greeks defeated the second and last attempt of the Ottoman Empire to break the Greek naval blockade of the Dardanelles and reclaim supremacy over the Aegean Sea. This, the final naval battle of the First Balkan War, forced the Ottoman Navy to retreat to its base within the Dardanelles, from which it did not venture for the rest of the war, thus ensuring the dominion of the Aegean Sea and the Aegean islands by Greece.