Armored Cruiser Georgious Averoff

Built in Italy from a legacy of the Greek shipping magnate Georgios Averoff, was built in time to participate in the 1st Balkan War, where he managed a win against Haireddin Barbarossa Turkish battleship. During the War I worked in the Eastern Mediterranean. War, has narrowly escaped being sunk by the Germans in Piraeus, heading to Alexandria with a crew of volunteers. Despite a series of problems appeared in escorting convoys in the Indian Ocean, participating in the revival of Greece in 1945. Decommissioned in 1951, is now a museum ship.

Specifications

 * Amount Completed: 1 ship (Georgious Averoff)Georgius_A_farofa.jpg
 * Length: 140.8 m
 * Beam (width): 21.1 m
 * Silent: 7.54 m
 * Displacement: 9450 tons (standard) 10,200 tons (full load)
 * Propulsion: 22 Bellevile boilers, four-cylinder engines Ansaldo or triple expansion, 2 shafts (19,000 ihp)
 * Maximum speed: 19 knots
 * Autonomy: 13,200 km at 10 knots and 2600 km at 21 knots (660 ton. Coal, 1500 tons. Maximum)
 * Shield: 83-203 mm (lateral), 50 mm (deck), 203 mm (towers) and 178 mm (control tower)
 * Main Armament: 4 Armstrong guns of 234 mm L/45 (2 twin turrets)
 * Secondary armament: 8 Armstrong guns of 197 mm L/45 mm (4 twin turrets)
 * Armament SEA: 4 cannons of 40 mm (installed in 1938, replacing four 47 mm) and two machine guns
 * Torpedoes: 3 457 mm tubes (submerged)
 * Crew: 550 (670 in 1939) officers and sailors