Tenedos

• “Preparatory to landing, the troops were collected in Tenedos on the Island of Lemnos, and were kept waiting, some for a week, some for a fortnight prior to landing -- New Zealanders, the 29th Division, the East Anglian 'Division, the East Lancashire Division and the Royal Naval Division.”

  Gallipoli

• “The name Tenedos is derived from Tenes, one of the heroes of the Trojan War.”

  The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon

• “Instead, they had only taken their ships to the other side of the island called Tenedos, and there they were lurking, out of site, but still not far away.”

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• “The "Tenedos" came not so luckily out of the adventure.”

  The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2)

• “The port of Boston was blockaded by two British frigates, the "Tenedos" thirty-eight, and the "Shannon" thirty-eight.”

  The Naval History of the United States Volume 1 (of 2)

• “Ten days later, the frigate "Tenedos," which had done such good service on the blockade, suffered the loss of her tender, which was gallantly carried away by the crew of a Yankee gunboat.”

  The Naval History of the United States Volume 2 (of 2)

• “In his deposition Decatur says "the 'Tenedos' did not fire at the time of such surrender.”

  Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 2

• “The "Tenedos" being sighted soon after daybreak, Hayes detached the "Pomone" to ascertain what ship it was; a step which for the time threw the "Pomone," as well as the "Tenedos," out of the running.”

  Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 2

• “At 5 A.M. three of the British squadron were seen ahead on the new course; the fourth, the "Tenedos," being then out of sight to the southward, either detached for a wider sweep of watchfulness, or separated by the gale.”

  Sea Power in its Relations to the War of 1812 Volume 2

• “Herman Melville, who had once rounded the Horn on the 'Tenedos', one of the scuttled ships, was moved to write a poem about the incident.”

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