The Greek ironclad ''Vasilefs Georgios'' ( el, Βασιλεύς Γεώργιος, italic=yes) was an armored
corvette built in Great Britain for the
Royal Hellenic Navy
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during the 1860s. She became a
cadet training ship
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before she was stricken from the
Navy List
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in 1912. The ship was
scrapped in 1915.
Description
''Vasilefs Georgios'' had a
length overall of long, a
beam of and a mean
draft
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of . The ship
displaced . She had horizontal
single-expansion steam engines that drove two propellers.
[Silverstone, p. 278] The engines were designed to produce a total of to give the ship a speed of , but only produced for a speed of . For long-distance travel, ''Vasilefs Georgios'' was fitted with two
masts and
schooner rigged. She carried of coal that gave her a range of about at full speed. The ship had a crew of 120 officers and crewmen.
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rifled muzzle-loading guns. The ship was a central-battery ironclad with the armament concentrated amidships
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in a hexagonal armored citadel
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. The citadel was protected by plates and the entire ship's side was covered by armor that had a maximum thickness of amidships and reduced to at the ends.[
]
Construction and service
''Vasilefs Georgios'', named for King George I of Greece, was built by Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, London
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. She was launched on 28 December 1867 and completed the following year.[ In February 1870, ''Vasilefs Georgios'' was damaged at sea, guns in one of her turrets being dislodged. She put in to Lisbon, Portugal on 9 February for repairs, her crew refusing to proceed.]["Greek Ironclads Olga and Georgios", pp. 212–213] She was stricken in 1912. ''Vasilefs Georgios'' was broken up in 1915.[Gardiner & Gray, p. 383]
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Ironclad warships of the Hellenic Navy
Ships built by the Blackwall Yard
1867 ships
Maritime incidents in February 1870