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,
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
Georgios Averof is a modified Pisa-class armoured cruiser built in Italy for the Royal Hellenic Navy in the first decade of the 20th century. The ship served as the Greek flagship during most of the f
Greek battleship Salamis
…those it had designed in 1908. The initial step in the Greek rearmament program was completed with the purchase of the Italian-built armored cruiser Georgios Averof in October 1909. The Ottomans, in turn, purchased two German pre-dreadnought battleships, Kurfürst Friedrich Wilhelm and Weissenburg, amplifying the…
Georgios Averof as a floating museum in Palaio Faliro, Athens
Right elevation and plan drawing of Georgios Averof from Brassey's Naval Annual 1915
Averof fitting out, summer 1910, in Livorno, Italy
Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis, 1920