naval engagement, notable, medieval

Battle of Lemnos

Name: Battle of Lemnos
Location: Lemnos, Greece

Battle of Lemnos was a naval engagement fought in 1024 at Lemnos, in what is now Greece. Its exact site is not recorded; the atlas places it at Lemnos. It was part of the Rus'–Byzantine wars, which ran from AD 900 to 1043. The recorded result: Byzantine victory.

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Fought1024

WhereLemnos, Greece39.917N, 25.250E, placed at the location, approximate

OutcomeByzantine victory

BelligerentsRus'againstByzantine Empire

Part ofRus'–Byzantine warsAD 900 to 1043

Record

Date	1024 (year precision)
Place	Lemnos, Greece 39.917N, 25.250E
Kind	Naval engagement, medieval
Commanders	David of Ohrid Nikephoros Kabasilas

Placed at Lemnos; the exact site is not recorded. with the nearest other engagements in the atlas. Present-day coastlines, rivers and borders; towns from Natural Earth.

Nearest engagements

Siege of Lemnos 1657, same recorded site
Capture of Lemnos 1912, 9.3 km W
Battle of Athos 1807, 32 km NW
Battle of Imbros 1717, 57 km NE
Battle of Tenedos 73 BC, 67 km E

In the same war

Before: Siege of Constantinople 18 June AD 860

Elsewhere in 1024

Battle of Listven Ukraine
Siege of Aleppo Syria

Battle of Lemnos is one of 318 engagements of the 11th century in the atlas and one of 493 in present-day Greece.

Sources

Identity, coordinates, dates and the war from Wikidata Q2394391, released under CC0. Result, belligerents, commanders, strength and casualties from the infobox of the English Wikipedia article Battle of Lemnos (1024), revision 1370268044, read 2026-11-14, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the article's text is not reproduced here. Present-day country and state from Natural Earth. Dates before 1582 follow the Julian calendar as recorded.