The Battle of Lemnos, one of the forgotten battleship engagements of history. A rousing tale of Greek seamanship, audacity, T crossing and a sharp new armored cruiser running off two older battleships.

It inspired some good art too.

Originally Posted by USSWISCONSIN

The Battle of Lemnos, one of the forgotten battleship engagements of history. A rousing tale of Greek seamanship, audacity, T crossing and a sharp new armored cruiser running off two older battleships.

It inspired some good art too.

The Jan 17 French-Saimese battle is pretty much unkown/forgotten also.

Jan 19
1419 English retake Normandy with the surrender of Rouen.
1511 French capture Mirandola
1520 Battle of Bogesund
1806 British occupy the Cape of Good Hope
1812 Siege of Ciudad Rodrigo ends with British capture of the city
1839 British East India Company captures Aden
1862 Battle of Mill Springs, Ky
1865 Sherman marches north from Savannah, starting the Carolinas Campaign
1871 Franco-Prussian War: Battle of St. Quinten. The Battle of Buzenuel begins
1915 Zepplins bomb towns of Great Yarmouth & King's Lynn, 1st raid on civilan target in England
1942 Japanese invade Burma

Jan 20
1839 Battle of Yungay, Peru
1841 British occupy Hong Kong

Originally Posted by George

The Jan 17 French-Saimese battle is pretty much unkown/forgotten also.

An interesting battle, and the RTN Thornburi was an interesting ship, if the Thai gunners had been able to practice more and sharpen their markmanship, the outcome could have been very different, those 8" guns could have hurt the lightly protected French ships very badly, but there were few hits by the Thai's and many by the French. It really came down to gunnery, but the French having more and larger ships didn't hurt. I suppose the onset of WWII obsured what might have been a significant event in world history.

Jan 21
1954 Launch of the 1st nuclear powered submarine, USS Nautilus
1968 Vietnam: Battle of Khe Sahn begins

Jan 22
1849 Siege of Multon ends with surrender of defenders to the British
1879 Battles of Isandlwana & Rorke's Drift
1941 British capture Tobruk
1944 Operation Shingle: Allied troops land @ Anzio.

Jan 23
1865 naval Battle of Trent's Reach, Va 3 CS Ironclads, gunboat CSS Drewry & 3 torpedo boats sail down the James River attempting to reach & destroy the main Union Army supply base down river. They are thwarted by obstructions & the Monitor USS Onandaga. CSS Drewry is destroyed & the Ironclads damaged.
1879 Battle of Rorke's drift ends
1900 Battle of Spion Kop
1943 British capture Tripoli. Battle of Mount Austen, Guadalcanal ends
1945 Operation Hannibal: German Navy begins evacuating soldiers & civilians trapped in the east.
1968 North Korea siezes USS Pueblo

Jan 25
1942 Saim declares War on the US & UK
1945 Battle of the bulge ends

Jan 26
1565 Battle of Talikote, India
1856 1st Battle of Seattle US Marines drive off Indians who were attacking settlers.
1907 S.M.L.E. enters British service
1939 Franco's troops capture Barcelona