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Lemnos or Limnos was the English-language name of Θ/Κ Λήμνος, a 13,000 ton Mississippi-class battleship originally built by the United States Navy in 1904–1908. As USS Idaho (BB-24), she was purchased by the Greek Navy in 1914 and renamed Lemnos, along with her sister Mississippi, renamed Kilkis.
Lemnos in Constantinople in 1919. In the early 20th century, the Greek Navy embarked on an expansion program to counter a strengthening of Greece's traditional rival, the Ottoman Empire. [Note 1] The Ottomans ordered a new dreadnought battleship, Reşadiye; in response, Greece ordered the dreadnought Salamis from a German shipyard.
Three ships of the Hellenic Navy have borne the name Lemnos or Limnos (Greek: Λήμνος), named after the island of Lemnos and the First Balkan War Battle of Lemnos: Greek battleship Lemnos (1914–1932), a Mississippi-class pre-dreadnought battleship; Greek landing ship Lemnos (L158) (1943–1977), an LST1-class landing ship
Operations came to a close in September 1922 when the Greek Army was forced to evacuate by sea, along with a sizable number of civilians, from Asia Minor. The fleet transported a total of 250,000 soldiers and civilians during the evacuation. [10] Kilkis and Lemnos departed Smyrna on the evening of 8 September. [20] Kilkis under attack by German ...
Lemnos (1914–1932) – The ex-USS Idaho (BB-24) was in Greek service named after the Naval Battle of Lemnos, hulk sunk by German aircraft in 1941 [2] Salamis (1914) Taken over by Germany 1914, not completed – BU 1923; Vasilefs Konstantinos A Bretagne-class battleship ordered in 1913 but not completed due to the outbreak of World War I ...
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Greek battleship Lemnos and torpedo boat Dafni during the occupation of Constantinople, 1919. Initially during the war, Greece followed a course of neutrality, with the Prime Minister Eleftherios Venizelos favouring the Entente and pro-German King Constantine I advocating neutrality.