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Averof in camouflage paint, RN Bombay Station, 1942. In the early morning of 18 April 1941, after the collapse of the Greco-German front, the Averof ' s crew disobeyed direct orders to scuttle the ship in preventing her possible capture by the enemy. They cut through a closed harbor-boom with axes and handsaws to let the vessel escape, and ...
HS Averof today (2006) as a museum ship in its original paint scheme. Georgios Averof (1909 – today) – A Pisa-class armored cruiser (the only ship of this type still in existence), she served as the flagship of the Hellenic Royal Navy during the Balkan Wars, World War I and World War II, now a floating museum at Palaio Faliro.
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The third ship was built on speculation and was sold to Greece and completed as Georgios Averof, named after a wealthy Greek businessman who had left a sizeable legacy for the increase of the Greek Navy in his will. [12] The ship participated in the Coronation Fleet Review for King George V of the United Kingdom in
George Averoff was born in Metsovo in Northern Greece, into an Aromanian family. [1] [2] He moved to Cairo, Egypt, in 1837 to work in a shop run by his brother, Anastasios.. Thanks to his bold tactics and business activities, he became the biggest merchant in Eg
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Subsequently, the Greek Navy took part in the Allied operations in the Aegean. In 1920 she underwent a reconstruction in France, along with the armored cruiser Georgios Averof , during which she obtained modern anti-aircraft armament and the equipment to carry and lay 100 sea mines .