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Greek Torpedo Boat Panormos
The torpedo boat ''Panormos'' ( el, TA ''Πανόρμος'', links=no, italic=unset) served in the Royal Hellenic Navy from 1919–1928. Originally the ship was the Austro-Hungarian Fiume-class torpedo boat SMS Tb 92-F. She was named for the city of Panormos (today known as Bandırma) located on the Sea of Marmara; the city was part of the territory awarded to Greece for joining the side of the allied in the Treaty of Sèvres at the end of World War I. The ship, along with two sister ships of the ''Fiume''-class torpedo boats ''Pergamos'' and ''Proussa'' was transferred to Greece as a war reparation from the Central Powers in 1919 and were named after cities in Asia Minor. Service in the Austro-Hungarian navy In the build-up to the First World War, Austria-Hungary ordered four 250–tonne boats to be built at the Ganz & Co.– Danubius shipyard in 1912/13. The Navy asked for several improvements compared with the Trieste class boats. Negotiations broke down in early De ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Flag Of Greece
The national flag of Greece, popularly referred to as the "blue and white one" ( el, Γαλανόλευκη, ) or the "sky blue and white" (, ), is officially recognised by Greece as one of its national symbols and has nine equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white. There is a blue canton in the upper hoist-side corner bearing a white cross; the cross symbolises Eastern Orthodox Christianity. The blazon of the flag is Azure, four bars Argent; on a canton of the field a Greek cross throughout of the second. The official flag ratio is 2:3. The shade of blue used in the flag has varied throughout its history, from light blue to dark blue, the latter being increasingly used since the late 1960s. It was officially adopted by the First National Assembly at Epidaurus on 13 January 1822. The nine stripes do not have any official meaning; the most popular theory says that they represent the syllables of the phrase ("Freedom or Death"), the five blue stripes for the syllabl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
