RHS Vasilissa Olga - Guide 085

The Vasilissa Olga, a destroyer of the Royal Hellenic Navy, is today's subject.

Next on the list:
-Nagato class
-Monitor Parnaiba
-G-class destroyer
-HMS Glowworm
-Town class cruisers
-USS Wichita
-Lord Nelson class
-Essex class
-Slava (Pre-dreadnought)
-USS Massachusetts
-Pensacola class
-HIJMS Oyodo
-Riachuelo (NB)
-I-19
-HMS Ark Royal
-ORP Błyskawica
-USS West Virginia
-Amagi Class
-Tosa Class
-Alaska class
-Derfflinger class
-Yorktown class
-Tre Kronor class
-Nelson class
-Gato class
-Admiralen class
-H class (NB)
-Greek 'Monarch' class destroyers
-'Habbakuk' project
-USS Texas
-USS Olympia
-HIJMS Mikasa
-County class
-KMS Tirpitz
-Montana class
-Florida class
-USS Salt Lake City
-Storozhevoy
-Flower class
-USS San Juan
-HMS Sheffield
-USS Johnston
-Dido class
-Hunt class
-HMS Vanguard
-Mogami class
-Almirante Grau
-Surcouf
-Von der Tann
-Massena
-HMCS Magnificent
-HMCS Bonaventure
-HMCS Ontario
-HMCS Quebec
-Lion class BC
-USS Wasp
-HMS Blake
-HMS Romala/Ramola
-South Dakota (1930's)
-SMS Emden
-Väinämöinen and Ilmarinen
-Destroyer Velos
-U.S.S. John R. Craig
-C class
-HMS Caroline
-HMS Hermes
-Iron Duke
-Kronprinz Erzerzorg Rudolph.
-HMS Eagle
-Ise class
-18 inch monitor
-Mogami
-Vanguard
-De Zeven Provinciën
-South American Dreadnoughts
-Fletcher class
-USS Langley
-Kongo class
-Grom class
-St Louis class
-H class special
-All-big-gun designs
-USS Oregon
-Gascogne
-Alsace
-Lyon and Normandie classes
-Leander class
-HMS Ajax
-Project 1047
-O class
-R class
-Battle class
-Daring class
-USS Indianapolis
-Atago/Takao
-Midway class
-Graf Zeppelin
-Bathurst class
-RHS Queen Olga
-HMS Belfast
-Aurora
-Imperator Nikolai I
-USS Helena
-USS Tennesse
-HMNZS New Zealand
-HMS Queen Mary
-USS Marblehead
-New York class
-L-20e
-Abdiel class
-Panserskib (Armoured ship) Rolf Krake
-HMS Victoria
-USS Galena (1862)
-HMS Charybdis
-Eidsvold class
-IJN “Special” DD's
-SMS Emden
-Ships of Battle of Campeche
-USS Texas?
-HMS Tiger
-USS England (DE-635)
-Tashkent
-1934A Class
-HMS Plym (K271)
-Siegfried class

Specials:
-Fire Control Systems
-Protected Cruisers
-Scout Cruisers
-Naval Artillery
-Tirpitz (damage history)
-Treaty Battleship comparison
-Warrior to Pre-dreadnought
-British BC Ammo Handling
-Naval AA Special
-Plan Z
-Drydocks

[stingerkendris]

Thanks for using my drawing of RHNS Aegeon from Wesworld forum. Actually was a direct copy of RHNS Vasilissa Olga, as an AU with 8 ships of that class. One of my first computer drawings!

[scarecrow]

I really wish she had survived, it would be amazing to see her standing next to Averof and Velos. Probably the mightest ships the Greek navy had during the war and I really wish they were part of the low-mid tear of the panEuropean fleet in WoWs

[TEHSTONEDPUMPKIN]

Really good looking destroyer, reminds me a lot of the Fletcher class.

[falloutghoul]

"I can take Greece!" -Mussolini, a man who cannot take Greece.

[donfelipe]

The Polish Navy too had a couple of destroyers that fought with the Royal Navy after their surrender. Specifically the 'Grom' class, I believe they were quite large as destroyers go and quite fast with decent armament. If memory serves from the small snippet I read about them they were used in convoy escort duty in the Atlantic and may have played a small role in the chase of Bismarck? That could be an interesting video.
Also some other suggestions for videos HMS Lion and HMS Tiger from World War I, as well as any British cruisers from World War II, County class, Town class, Crown Colony class, Dido class...you get the picture. As a side note HMS Jamaica of the crown colony class would be an interesting story, served right through World War II and even shot down a MiG-15 jet fighter in the Korean war with anti-aircraft fire.

[stingerkendris]

@Dranchinifel Αt 03:55, is pictured the sister ship ex Vasilefs Georgios (DD15) captured as the German ZG3 Hermes.

[sarjim]

Nice. This is one class I hadn't heard of. It sounds like she did what she could in joining the Allies and fighting until she was sunk. In looking the class up, her sistership also had a fighting career but, unfortunately, it was for the Germans. She was first sunk after the floating drydock she was was in was either sunk by German aircraft or scuttled by the Greeks to prevent capture. She was then raised and sent out to perform many of the same roles of her sister, but for the Germans. She became a constructive total loss after attacks by Allied aircraft only a month after the sinking of her sister by the Germans. A lot of tit of tat with this small class.

[venividivicta]

Surely the USS. Johnston deserves a special?

[kreolqq]

A ship class suggestion; Beograd class destroyers of the Yugoslav Royal Navy, and the destroyer Dubrovnik.

[georgegreek]

Nice video about my countrie's navy.

[JohnJohansen]

Thanks for another great video!
Although I could wish for a little more engine data and details, I'm impressed with the degree of details.

[sse_weston]

(Q & A), Hey there Drachs! After looking back on your Agincourt special, i was reminded of the old Brazilian battleship São Paulo. If you’re familiar with that ship’s last voyage, what do you think happened to her and the 14 (if I remember rightly) men who were aboard?

[IamCanadian]

Realy enjoy your in my frivolous youth I use to smoke....One of the main brands of cigarette was use to be a trick question among military you find the only "H" on a Players package....Well there was a picture of a sailor on the packages and writen on his hat band was was a crew member of the H.M.S. you do a video on the Hero....I understand that it was not a successful class of was actually a

[vespelian]

Nice account though the image of the surrendered Italian fleet at 4.05 truly belongs with the narrative account at 5.20.

[monarchtherapsidsinostran]

I'm kind of excited to see you eventually do more ironclads like the USS Roanoke.

[Kwolfx]

You should do an episode on mini-subs like the X-craft which damaged the Tirpitz, also cover the Italian Maiale, their Royal Navy counter-parts, German and Japanese mini-subs. You could later do individual episodes on each type or class.

The Italians had so few successes during the war. The Maiale was definitely one of them. The way the Italians operated their craft against Gibraltar from a partially sunken freighter is like something out of a Bond movie.

[cdy]

Q&A
Question: if the RN had built the G3 and N3 ships how would this have affected naval design for other navies? could we have seen improved SoDAK(1920's)'s with 18 inch guns firing super heavy shells?

[petros]

the ship class had German armament because of lack of founding, Britain wanted only hard currency for arms sales, Germany was flexible and accepted also payment of goods via clearing method. A lot of German weapons and equipment was bought from Greece during 1936-1940 due to this method. the German guns for the class was installed in Greece due to Germans refused to send them to Yarrow shipyard for installing them, because they didn't wanted Britain to study their latest naval guns, so instead they were transferred to naval base Salamis and installed there by the Royal Greek Navy.

[davidvasquez]

5:40 her lack ran out, whilst in harbor in Lackey

[csernobillahun]

So the Greek navy fought after the country's surrender? Bad ass.
If only the French navy did the same...