Royal Hellenic Ships of WWI (real ships)

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Navarchos

Trainee

Posts: 86

Thursday, May 21st 2009, 8:36pm

Royal Hellenic Ships of WWI (real ships)

Real ships of the Royal Hellenic Navy of the WWI period.

Armoured Cruiser ''GEORGIOS AVEROF''
Laid down 1910
Length: 140 m - Beam: 23 m - Draught: 7 m
Armament: 4x9,2''(2x2) - 8x7,5''(4x2) - 10x75mm - 4x57mm - 3 torpedo tubes submerged.
Served at Balkan wars, WWI,WWII today she is preserved as Museum at Faliro/Athens.

PreDreadnought Battleship ''PSARA''
Laid down 1890
Length: 102m - Beam: 15,8m - draught: 5,4 m
Armament: 3x10,8'' - 5x5,9'' - 1 torpedo tube submerged.
Served at Greek-turkish war of 1897, Balkan Wars & WWI
Sister ships ''HYDRA'' & ''SPETSAI''
All ships scraped between 1920 - 1930

PreDreadnought Battleship ''LIMNOS''
Laid down 1906- ex USS "MISSISIPI"
Length: 114m - Beam: 23 m - Draught: 7 m
Armament: 4x12''(2x2) - 8x8''(4x2) - 8x7''(8x1) - 10x3''(10x1)
Served at WWI
Sister ship "KILKIS" ex USS"IDAHO"
Both ships sunked at Salamis Naval Base on 1941 during German air raids.

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ALVAMA

Professional

Posts: 745

Thursday, May 21st 2009, 8:48pm

Jesus, what the hell, ONE WORD: GREAT!!!!!!

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Brockpaine

The Shadow

Posts: 15,109

Thursday, May 21st 2009, 9:26pm

RE: Royal Hellenic Ships of WWI (real ships)

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Originally posted by Navarchos
Real ships of the Royal Hellenic Navy of the WWI period.

Armoured Cruiser ''GEORGIOS AVEROF''
Laid down 1910
Length: 140 m - Beam: 23 m - Draught: 7 m
Armament: 4x9,2''(2x2) - 8x7,5''(4x2) - 10x75mm - 4x57mm - 3 torpedo tubes submerged.
Served at Balkan wars, WWI,WWII today she is preserved as Museum at Faliro/Athens.

The most beautiful armoured cruiser of all time, one of my favorite ships!

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parador

Sage

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Friday, May 22nd 2009, 5:17am

Holy Moly

Great drawings !!!

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Johan

Trainee

Posts: 69

Friday, May 22nd 2009, 9:50am

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The most beautiful armoured cruiser of all time, one of my favorite ships!

I agree, i visited the ship a couple of years ago when me and my wife was on a cruiseship in the waters around Greece, i skipped Akropolis in order to visit an genuine armoured cruiser.

How about a picture of another real ship, the light cruiser Helle in the configuration she had in 1939.

This post has been edited 2 times, last edit by "Johan" (May 22nd 2009, 9:55am)

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Navarchos

Trainee

Posts: 86

Friday, May 22nd 2009, 11:31am

Thanks a lot guys!!!

About cruiser RHNS ''HELLE''
I will post a new thread with real ships of RHN for the period of WWII including "HELLE".

This post has been edited 1 times, last edit by "Navarchos" (May 22nd 2009, 11:32am)

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