Battle of Lemnos
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See also:
Naval Battle of Lemnos (5-18 January 1913)
The Battle of Athos (Lemnos) took place on 30 June/1 July 1807 during the Napoleonic Wars.
Part of the Russian Aegean fleet under Admiral Alexei Seniavin defeated a Turkish fleet in the Aegean Sea NE of the island of Lemnos. The Russians approached in 2 parallel lines of 5 battleships each, turning north to run alongside the Turkish line. Three Turkish ships were forced aground and sunk the next day; the main Turkish fleet retired to the safety of the Dardanelles. On the way they scuttled another battleship and a frigate near Thasos on 4 July, and lost 2 frigates, or a frigate and a sloop, near Samothrace on about 5 July.
Ships involved:
Russia:
Battleships: - 750 guns
First line:
Rafail 84
Selafail 74
Moshtchnyi 74
Tverdyi 74 (flag)
Skoryi
Second line:
Silnyi
Uriil 84
Yaroslav 74
Retvizan 64(flag 2)
Sv. Elena 74
Turkey:
Note: many names are uncertain
Battleships: - 850 guns
Masudiya 120 (flag)
Sadd al-bahr 84 (flag 2) - captured 1 July
Anka-yi bahri 84
Taus i bahri 84
Tevfik-numa 84
Bisharet (or Biafaret?) 84 - aground and scuttled 3 July
Kilid-i bahri 84
Sayyad-i bahri 74
Gulbang-i-Nusrat 74
Jebel-andaz 74
Frigates:
Meskeni-ghazi 50
Bedr-i zafar 50
Fakih-i zafar 50
Nessim 50 - aground and scuttled 3 July
Iskenderiya 44
Sloops:
Metelin 32 - aground and scuttled 3 July
Rahbar-i alam 28
Others:
Denyuvet? 32
Alamat i Nusrat 18
Melankai? 18
Total 1200 guns