 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kilkis uye Lemnos yakavakwa neUS Navy pakati pa1904 na1908, pakutanga yakatumidzwa uye. Vakashumira nechikepe cheU.S. kusvikira muna June 1914, apo vakatengwa neGreece Navy sechinhu chokugadzirisa. Dzaidiwa kuti dzirwise kuwedzera kwehondo dzehondo dzeOttoman apo vaGiriki vakamirira kuti ngarava dzavo dzakanga dzichangobva kunzi dzipedziswe kunze kwenyika. Ngarava mbiri idzi dzakasvika kuGreece muna July 1914, Hondo Yenyika I isati yatanga pakupera kwemwedzi iwoyo. Sezvo Greece yakaramba isina kwayakarerekera mumakore matatu okutanga ehondo, ngarava mbiri idzi hadzina kunyanya kushandiswa. Muna October 1916, vaFrench vakatora ngarava dzeGirisi ndokubvisa zvombo zveKilkis neLemnos; dzakadzorerwa mubasa pakupera kwehondo. Ngarava mbiri idzi dzakashanda muHondo yeGirisi neTurkeymuna 19191922, ne Lemnos ichibatanidzwawo mukupindira kweAllied muRussia Civil War. 