Battle of the Byzantine Sea

Battle of the Byzantine Sea
Part of the Five Week War
HMTS Aqituo and HMTS Cheveca at sea
Date May 17th, 1967 to June 26th, 1967 Location Byzantine Sea, north of Komspukov Result Renolion Victory
Belligerents
The Kingdom of Renolion	The Republic of Rechevvi
Commanders and leaders
Gustavo Contrino	Colin Jauffret
Strength
5 ocean liners One tug boat	17 submarines 3 destroyers 4 patrol aircraft
Casualties and losses
12,789 soldiers One ocean liner	7 submarines One destroyer 4 patrol aircraft

The Battle of the Byzantine Sea was a logistical operation undertaken by the Royal Renolion Army and the Royal Renolion Army during the Five Week War week war. The operation lasted from May 17th to June 26th, and would oversee the transport of troops to the frontline via the requisitioning of civilian passenger liners to act in service as troopships. This conflict is most famous for being the only conflict in the duration of the war in which Renolion loses were not directly tied to enemy actions.

Name

It's believed that the first person to refer to the battle as the Battle of the Byzantine Sea was head of the National Parliament Pio Raineri in a speech on May 20th, 1967. Other sources pin the name on Captain Gino Calvi of the troopship Queen Silvana, who stated on May 19th that "this battle will stretch the whole of the Byzantine span between us and them, and it's best we show them what we can do." Speculation remains to this day.