“Vasilissa Olga” ( Greek Βασίλισσα Όλγα ) is a Greek sail-steam battleship named after the Greek Queen Olga , a native of the Russian royal family. The ship was listed in the Greek fleet from 1869 to 1925.
| Vasilissa Olga | |
|---|---|
| Βασίλισσα Όλγα | |
 | |
| Service | |
 Greece | |
| Class and type of vessel | sailing steam battleship |
| Manufacturer | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste , Austria-Hungary |
| Ordered to build | 1868 |
| Construction started | February 3, 1869 |
| Launched | January 18, 1870 |
| Commissioned | November 21, 1870 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | 1925 year |
| Status | disassembled into wood |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 2030 tons |
| Length | 76 meters |
| Width | 11.9 meters |
| Draft | 5.8 meters |
| Reservation | 4-6 inches on shirstrek 4 inches on gun turrets |
| Engines | PM |
| Power | 900 l with. |
| Speed | 10 knots |
| Sailing range | 4800 miles |
| Crew | 258 |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 1869 : 2x9 inch guns, 10x6 inch guns 1880 : 6x170 mm guns, 4x75 mm guns [1] . |
The ship was ordered by the Greek government of the shipyard Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Austria-Hungary [2] and cost £ 210,000 [3] after the Cretan uprising of 1866 showed the absence of modern warships in the Greek fleet. Continuing the terminology of the Byzantine era, in the Greek fleet the ship was called an armored dromon (Greek Θωρακοδρόμων - thoracodromon).
The hull was wooden. Due to the poor quality of wood, the problem with the watercourse of the hull was present throughout the life of the ship.
In 1894, the ship became the training ship of the naval cadets.
"Vasilissa Olga" took part in the short and "strange" Greek-Turkish war of 1897 as part of the Western, Ionian, flotilla.
In 1913, Vasilissa Olga was converted into a hospital ship, and was based in Suda Bay , Crete . In 1915, the ship was withdrawn from the combat fleet and converted into a residential blockchain on the basis of the Greek fleet in the Bay of the Court.
The ship was decommissioned in 1925 and disassembled into wood.
Heirs
- The destroyer Vasilissa Olga became part of the fleet in 1938. Sunk by German aircraft on September 26, 1943 in the bay of Lakki, the island of Leros . In this case, the commander of the ship, Commander Georgios Blessas, 6 officers and 65 other crew members were killed.
Notes
- ↑ ΙΣΤΟΡΙΑ ΤΩΝ ΕΛΛΗΝΙΚΩΝ ΕΝΟΠΛΩΝ ΔΥΝΑΜΕΩΝ unspecified . Date of treatment January 28, 2013. Archived on February 5, 2013.
- ↑ Naval History via Flix
- ↑ Wesworld March 1, 2012 Archived on Wayback Machine