On 20 January 1918, a naval action (see Battle of Imbros (1918)) took place in the Aegean near the island when an Ottoman squadron engaged a flotilla of the British Royal Navy. The Battle of Imbros. January 1918 of the Midilli (the former SMS Breslau) during the Battle of Imbros, when several aircraft from Ark Royal took part in the action.
In the foreground, Hamilton’s camp and hut are visible, while the bell tents to the top right were used by his staff officers.
naval battle: Part of: naval warfare in the Mediterranean during World War I: Location: Imbros, Gökçeada District, Çanakkale Province : Point in time: 20 January 1918: 40° 13′ 48″ N, 25° 58′ 12″ E The two smaller vessels were the Monitor-class, H.M.S. Raglan and and H.M.S. There was a risk that the German battlecruiser Goeben and light cruiser Breslau might break out of the Dardanelles.
On 20 January 1918 en route to Imbros, Yavûz Sultân Selîm struck a mine, but the damage was light.
As stated by the other reviewers there are issues with the author's point of view / perspective on some of the battles and certain descriptions will …
Naval engagement off Imbros; Goeben and Breslau emerge from the Straits and sink H.M.S. At the Battle of Imbros on 20 January 1918, Muavenet-i Milliye and three other Ottoman destroyers sortied from the Dardanelles and engaged the British destroyers Lizard and Tigress which were chasing the crippled Ottoman battlecruiser Yavûz Sultân Selîm. On Imbros was the headquarters of General Ian Hamilton. On 20 January 1918, while the battleships Agamemnon and Lord Nelson were absent, Raglan and other members of the Detached Squadron of the Aegean Squadron were attacked by the Turkish battlecruiser Yavuz Sultan Selim … - the battle off Imbros (1918). On 20 January 1918, a naval action (see Battle of Imbros (1918)) took place in the Aegean near the island when an Ottoman squadron engaged a flotilla of the British Royal Navy. As stated by the other reviewers there are issues with the author's point of view / perspective on some of the battles and certain descriptions will definitely rub … The former SMS Goeben and SMS Breslau managed to trap M28 and Raglan in the bay and engage them in what became known as the Battle of Imbros. Raglan and a small monitor (); south of Imbros Breslau manœuvred by H.M. destroyers Lizard and Tigress into a minefield and sunk, while Goeben, flying for safety with four enemy destroyers and an old Turkish cruiser, strikes a mine and is beached at Nagara Point, where naval aircraft attack her. ... freed 26th January 1918, arrived Sevastapol on 26th May 1918 to dock for first time since 1913. On 20 January 1918, a naval action (see Battle of Imbros (1918)) took place in the Aegean near the island when an Ottoman squadron engaged a flotilla of the British Royal Navy. M28 and both were sunk in the ensuing engagement. SMS Goeben was the second of two Moltke-class battlecruisers of the Imperial German Navy, launched in 1911 and named after the German Franco-Prussian War veteran General August Karl von Goeben.Along with her sister ship, Goeben was similar to the previous German battlecruiser design, Von der Tann, but larger, with increased armor protection and two more main guns in an additional turret. H. Collinson Owen on the Surrender of the Gallipoli Peninsular, 10 November 1918. In January 1918, the Aegean Squadron's 2 nd Detached Squadron in Kusu Bay, Imbros, consisted of the cruiser HMS Endymion, four destroyers, the large monitor, HMS Raglan, recently returned from Palestine, and M28. Raglan and a small monitor (); south of Imbros Breslau manœuvred by H.M. destroyers Lizard and Tigress into a minefield and sunk, while Goeben, flying for safety with four enemy destroyers and an old Turkish cruiser, strikes a mine and is beached at Nagara Point, where naval aircraft attack her. She remained in the Eastern Mediterranean, based at Imbros.. On 29 October, Raglan took part in the Third Battle of Gaza. Naval engagement off Imbros; Goeben and Breslau emerge from the Straits and sink H.M.S.