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    Georgios Averof (Greek: Θ/Κ Γεώργιος Αβέρωφ) is a modified Pisa-class armored cruiser built in Italy for the Royal Hellenic Navy in the first decade of...
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    Averoff (15 August 1815 – 15 July 1899), alternately Jorgos Averof or Georgios Averof (in Greek: Γεώργιος Αβέρωφ), was a Greek businessman and philanthropist...
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    Marina) and the third was sold to the Royal Hellenic Navy and named Georgios Averof. This ship served as the Greek flagship for the bulk of her active...
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    In 1912, the core unit of the fleet was the fast armoured cruiser Georgios Averof, which had been completed in 1910 and then was the fastest and the...
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    However, it faced the problem of countering the Greek flagship, the Georgios Averof, which had already defeated them at Elli. The Ottomans developed the...
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    Kountouriotis was sent to Britain, to take control of the newly-commissioned Georgios Averof, following the "blue cheese mutiny". As he was highly esteemed, he...
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    Philadelphia USS Texas, sole surviving dreadnought battleship Greek cruiser Georgios Averof, the only armored cruiser still afloat The ironclad frigate Warrior...
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    one form or another until World War II. Only one, the Greek Navy's Georgios Averof, has survived to the modern day as a museum ship. The armored cruiser...
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    expansion for its fleet and as a response to that, in 1909, the cruiser Georgios Averof was bought from Italy. In 1910, a British naval mission arrived, headed...
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    of this class were the Pisa and Amalfi for the Regia Marina and the Georgios Averof for the Hellenic Navy. The Pisa and Amalfi had eight 190/45 V Model...
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    the coast. The Greek flotilla, which included the armored cruiser Georgios Averof and Hydra and her sisters, had been sailing from the island of Imbros...
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    encyclopedia, david bocquelet-Naval. "Hellenic Armoured Cruiser Giorgios Averof (1910)". naval-encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 2022-06-13. "Greek Destroyer...
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    the coast. The Greek flotilla, which included the armored cruiser Georgios Averof and Spetsai and her sisters, had been sailing from the island of Imbros...
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    Those that remain in service today are:  Hellenic Navy: The cruiser Georgios Averof is kept in ceremonial commission as the flagship of the Hellenic Navy...
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    preserved. Jylland: the only wooden screw frigate that is preserved. Georgios Averof: the only armored cruiser that is preserved USS Salem: the only heavy...
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    the British light cruiser HMS Caroline, the Greek armored cruiser Georgios Averof, the Bulgarian torpedo boat Drazki and the former HMCS Acadia, a Canadian...
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    vessels that supported the landings with Kilkis were the armored cruiser Georgios Averof and the destroyers Aetos, Leon, and Ierax, and a hospital ship. Landings...
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    the coast. The Greek flotilla, which included the armored cruiser Georgios Averof and Psara and her sisters, had been sailing from the island of Imbros...
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    the Greek cruiser Georgios Averof at a speed of 20 knots (37 km/h), crossed the T of the Turkish fleet on December 13, 1912. Averof concentrated her fire...
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    commander refused to detach Georgios Averof from its position. By mid-January, the Ottomans had learned that Georgios Averof remained with the Greek fleet...
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  • Georgios Bakos (Greek: Γεώργιος Μπάκος, 1892–1945) was a Hellenic Army major general and leading collaborationist with Nazi Germany during the Axis occupation...
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    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...
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    flagship, the cruiser Georgios Averof. Leaving the older and slower Hydra-class ironclads behind, the much faster Georgios Averof manoeuvred independently...
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  • Achimota Fast attack craft Hellenic Navy (Ceremonial) HS Georgios Averof Cruiser Georgios Averof is a ceremonial ship in service as the flagship of the...
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    (1909) Steam Pinnace 199⛵ (1909) Gonca⛵ (1909) E.C. Collier⚓ (1910) Georgios Averof⚓ (1910) Noorderlicht⛵ (1910) Norrskär⛵ (1910) Ste. Claire⚓ (1910) Trillium⛵...
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    Italian governments had each deployed a major warship to the area (Georgios Averof and Duilio, respectively) to enforce their interests. Shortly after...
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    Greek commander refused to detach Georgios Averof. By mid-January, however, the Ottomans had learned that Georgios Averof remained with the Greek fleet,...
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    (1909) Steam Pinnace 199⛵ (1909) Gonca⛵ (1909) E.C. Collier⚓ (1910) Georgios Averof⚓ (1910) Noorderlicht⛵ (1910) Norrskär⛵ (1910) Ste. Claire⚓ (1910) Trillium⛵...
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    RHS Georgios Averof enters the Golden Horn in 1919, during the Allied occupation of Constantinople, with Hagia Sophia visible in the background (Lycourgos...
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    (1909) Steam Pinnace 199⛵ (1909) Gonca⛵ (1909) E.C. Collier⚓ (1910) Georgios Averof⚓ (1910) Noorderlicht⛵ (1910) Norrskär⛵ (1910) Ste. Claire⚓ (1910) Trillium⛵...
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