RHS Georgios Averof - The Pride of Greece and The Greek Navy

Few ships had quite as exciting a career as the armored cruiser Georgios Averof. For a ship belonging to a minor power like Greece, she saw more combat than many ships of much larger navies. Including more combat where she held off an entire fleet on her own.

Twice over.

She may not have done much in the World Wars, but she survived, and that counts for something. Even, to this day, she remains ceremonially in commission with the Greek Navy as a result.

[Imperator_Gr]

To correct an omission, Georgios Averof was the ship that brough the flag that was raised on the Parthenon back to Greece, which was done in a ceremony signifying the return of freedom. A monumental moment in modern Greek history.

[nashzahm]

Its awesome that the Greeks have preserved her. She is well deserving of the treatment she has had.

[vespelian]

I read about Georgia's Averof when I was at school but had no Idea she still existed until I came across her in Athens by chance in 1989 and went aboard.

[fabianzimmermann]

One of my favorite warships of all time. I visited her a few years ago, it was amazing. (Yes, my profile picture is a foto I took while on her.)
Great career. The fact that her gunnery was so good despite never actually having fired them before is so fascinating. She is very much the Greek version of the Warspite and her reputation is well earned.

[gavinwallander]

Probably the coolest armored cruiser to ever exist

[kalenderquantentunnel]

What a lucky ship, serving its young, wonderful nation so well. Giorgios will be smiling from above if he can see the outcome of his donation.

[stuartpeacock]

The most comprehensive, detailed in chronological order history of this historic and good looking warship.
Every bit as valuable at her sisters of the same era.
Thank you for your subtle. humorous and at times ironic history of this valuable veteran

[johncook]

Interesting video!
I saw this ship in the 80s. A real beauty and well worth the expense of saving!

[ericarendash]

Amazing story of such a noble ship with a truly rich and unique history. Well done.

[alephalon]

What an amazing ship, bearing a storied history that could match many of the big names in the big navies!

[alexanderdeburdegala]

Awesome bit of naval history, never heard of this ship before. Cool

[jamesbugbee]

The Italians built 1 of the finest-looking predreadnought-style armored cruisers ever, in her group only somewhat rivaled by Vickers' big Rurik 4 Imperial Russia. She looks great today & i hope she will remain so @ least until Greece has their own flying space city, maybe more than a century from now

[bambam]

what a ship!
i would like to have her on wows so much!

[rickkephartactual]

I like this. Everybody does the big name warships multiple times over. I'm sure there are a lot of other ships out there like this but I suppose there is a lack of documentation compared to the big names.

[hadial-saadoon]

Great video, thanks. I only caught a glimpse of Averoff back in 2004 while on a bus that was passing through Piraeus where it is docked. I saw the tripod masts from a distance and knew that it was a special ship. Unfortunately I hadn't the time to tour her and knew little about her history. Thanks to Greece for preserving the story of this great ship.

[smokinfree]

What a wonderful story. Thank you for all your hard work & research. I'm so glad she survived & can still be seen today :)

[mcpuff]

There was actually another armoured cruiser that served through both world wars in her original role, the Swedish armoured cruiser Fylgia. Known both as the white swan of the baltic and as one of if not the smallest armoured cruisers ever built

[kristoffermangila]

This is a great ship. If World of Warships makes a pan-European cruiser line, I would want her as a Tier 2 premium, and face her off against the Mikasa. That would be an awesome brawl...

As for that "blue cheese crisis", well, what do you expect, the Greeks are foodies, as particular about their food as any Italian or French foodie...

[davidmcintyre]

One has to think given her armour and armament how the captain of any of the treaty heavy cruisers would have felt going up against a convoy escorted by the Averof

[m.streicher]

one of those ships where I immediately recognize the name but couldn't tell you much else