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
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
George Averoff
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George M. Averoff, alternately Jorgos Averof or Georgios Averof, was a Greek businessman and philanthropist. He is one of the great national benefactors of Greece. Born in the town of Metsovo, Averoff
Greek cruiser Georgios Averof
…Italian Regia Marina, but budgetary constraints led Italy to offer it for sale to international customers. With the bequest of the wealthy benefactor George Averoff as down payment, Greece acquired the ship in 1909. Launched in 1910, Averof arrived in Greece in September 1911. The most modern warship in the Aegean…
Averoff c. 1896
George Averoff, oil painting by Pavlos Prosalentis (1857–1894); done from a photograph.
Averoff's grave in the First Cemetery of Athens.
Statue commemorating Averoff in Athens