The Battleship “Georgios Averof'

Ten years after the Greek-Turkish War of 1897, the Hellenic Navy had a limited force of antiquated torpedoes and three French warships built in 1889. The urgent need for a reliable fleet resulted in the reinforcement of the fleet – at the end of 1908 – with four new English and four German destroyers. The Battleship “Georgios Averof, “the glory of the Greek Navy, was to be added in the Greek fleet.
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