The navy procured eight destroyers (then a relatively new type of ship) between 1905–1907, but the most important addition was the armored cruiser Georgios Averof. History Construction and arrival in Greece Right elevation and plan drawing of Georgios Averof from Brassey's Naval Annual 1915Īt the beginning of the 20th century, Greece decided to reinforce its fleet, whose ships were fast becoming obsolete due to the rapidly advancing naval technology of the era. After maintenance in late 2017, she achieved seaworthiness state once again, allowing the ship to sail (towed) accompanied by Greek frigate Kountouriotis (F-462) (Φ/Γ Κουντουριώτης) to Thessaloniki Greece where she received more than 130,000 visitors over her 53-day stay. From 1984 until today, she has been reinstated on active duty as a museum ship in the Naval Tradition Park in Faliro, Athens. In 1952, she was decommissioned, before being moved to Poros, where she was berthed from 1956 to 1983. In October 1944, she carried the Greek government in exile back to liberated Athens, after the withdrawal of the German army. Hopelessly obsolete and prone to mechanical breakdowns, she nevertheless spent the next three years as a convoy escort and guard ship in the Indian Ocean and at the Suez Canal. Following the German invasion of Greece in April 1941, Averof participated in the exodus of the Greek fleet to Egypt. The ship continued to serve in World War I, the Greco-Turkish War of 1919–1922, and the interwar period, receiving a modernization in France in 1925 to 1927.
The most modern warship in the Aegean at the time, she served as the flagship of admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis in the First Balkan War, and played a major role in the establishment of Greek predominance over the Ottoman Navy and the incorporation of many Aegean islands to Greece. Launched in 1910, Averof arrived in Greece in September 1911. With the bequest of the wealthy benefactor George Averoff as down payment, Greece acquired the ship in 1909. The ship was initially ordered by the Italian Regia Marina, but budgetary constraints led Italy to offer it for sale to international customers. Although popularly known as a battleship ( θωρηκτό) in Greek, she is in fact an armored cruiser ( θωρακισμένο καταδρομικό), the only ship of this type still in existence.
The ship served as the Greek flagship during most of the first half of the century. Georgios Averof ( Greek: Θ/Κ Γεώργιος Αβέρωφ) is a modified Pisa-class armored cruiser built in Italy for the Royal Hellenic Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. Georgios Averof as a floating museum in Palaio Faliro, AthensĬantiere navale fratelli Orlando, Livorno
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