plan to lure the faster away from the Dardanelles. The protected cruiser evaded the Greek blockade and broke out into the Aegean Sea in an attempt to draw the Greek cruiser into pursuit. Despite the threat posed by the cruiser, the Greek commander refused to detach . By mid-January, however, the Ottomans had learned that remained with the Greek fleet, and so (Captain) Ramiz Numan Bey, the Ottoman fleet commander, decided to attack the Greeks regardless. , , and other units of the Ottoman fleet departed the Dardanelles at 8:20 on the morning of 18 January, and sailed toward the island of Lemnos at a speed of . led the line of battleships, with a flotilla of torpedo boats on either side of the formation. , with the three -class ironclads and five destroyers trailing behind, intercepted the Ottoman fleet approximately from Lemnos. At 10:55, the Ottoman cruiser spotted the Greeks, and the fleet turned south to engage them. A long range artillery duel that lasted for two hours began at around 11:55, when the Ottoman fleet opened fire at a range of . They concentrated their fire on the Greek , which returned fire at 12:00. At 12:50, the Greeks attempted to cross the T of the Ottoman fleet, but turned north to block the Greek maneuver. The Ottoman commander detached after a serious hit at 12:55. At around the same time, a shell hit on her amidships turret, killing the entire gun crew. She was thereafter hit several times in the superstructure; these hits did relatively little damage, but they created significant smoke that was sucked into the boiler rooms and caused the ship's speed to fall to . As a result, took the lead of the formation and Bey decided to break off the engagement. Toward the end of the engagement, closed to within and scored several hits on the fleeing Ottoman ships. At 14:00, the Ottoman warships had come close enough to the shore to be protected by coastal batteries, forcing the Greeks to withdraw and ending the battle. During the battle, both and her sister had a barbette disabled by gunfire, and both caught fire as a result. Between and , the ships fired some 800 rounds, mostly of their main battery ammunition but without success. Subsequent operations On 8 February 1913, the Ottoman navy supported an amphibious assault at Şarköy. and , along with