December 3rd, 1912 – Battle of Elli
It was the largest Sea Battle of the Balkan Wars (1912-13).
Rear Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis, on the famed armoured cruiser the Averof, led the Greek Fleet in a comprehensive Naval victory over the Turks.
The Greeks liberated: Imbros, Tenedos, Lemnos, Samos, Chios, Lesvos, Mount Athos, Thasos, Samothrace.
The Greek victory also ensured, that the Turkish presence in the Aegean would be extinguished, leaving them enclosed within the Dardanelles Straits.
It also prevented any transfer of Turkish troop reinforcements by sea during the Balkan Wars, and effectively sealing their defeat.
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