Greek battleship Lemnos
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Lemnos or Limnos was the English-language name of Θ/Κ Λήμνος, a 13,000 ton Mississippi-class battleship originally built by the United States Navy in 1904–1908. As USS Idaho, she was purchased by the
Lemnos – Θ/Κ Λήμνος
Plan and profile drawing of the Mississippi class
Idaho in 1912 with both lattice masts
Lemnos or Kilkis in port in the United States
Greek battleship Salamis
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Salamis was a partially constructed capital ship, referred to as either a dreadnought battleship or battlecruiser, that was ordered for the Greek Navy from the AG Vulcan shipyard in Hamburg, Germany,
Greek battleship Lemnos
…Barbaros Hayreddin and Turgut Reis) and ordered dreadnought battleships from Britain in 1911 and 1914. The Royal Hellenic Navy ordered the dreadnought Salamis from Germany in 1913 and the dreadnought Basileus Konstantinos from France in response. As a stop-gap measure, the Greeks purchased Mississippi and…
Georgios Averof, acquired in 1909, was the first major component of Greece's rearmament program
Reşadiye, seen here after entering Royal Navy service as HMS Erin, prompted the order for Salamis
Unfinished battleship Salamis (far right) in Hamburg; the unfinished German Mackensen-class battlecruiser Prinz Eitel Friedrich and the battleship Württemberg are also present
Yavuz, the ship Salamis was to counter