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List Of Battleships Of Greece
In the early 20th century, the Greek Navy embarked on an expansion program to counter a strengthening of Greece's traditional rival, the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans ordered a new dreadnought battleship, ; in response, Greece ordered the dreadnought from a German shipyard. The Ottomans acquired the ex-Brazilian and renamed her . Greece responded with a second battleship ordered in France, ''Vasilefs Konstantinos'', built to the same design as the French . As the Ottomans had a significant head start in battleship construction, the Greek Navy purchased two obsolete American pre-dreadnought battleship, pre-dreadnoughts— and —as a stop-gap measure in June 1914. The ships were renamed and , respectively. Greek naval plans were interrupted by the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, however. Work halted on ''Vasilefs Konstantinos'' in August and on ''Salamis'' in December 1914. As a result, ''Kilkis'' and ''Lemnos'' were the only battleships delivered to Greece. Greece remai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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