HS AVEROF

[geosub1978]

HS AVEROF underway 100 years after her launching (under tow actually :)) ! How do you find this??

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/9398/averofbe4.jpg

During the battle of Dardanells (December 1912)

http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6393/dardanellsvg5.jpg (http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/6393/dardanellsvg5.jpg)

Gunnery practice with HMS REVENGE (Indian Ocean 1942)

http://img356.imageshack.us/img356/9608/indianob1.jpg

Todayhttp://img244.imageshack.us/img244/2600/todayqz6.jpg

[KptLt Lindemann]

Makes you wonder what you're gonna do if you come across her in the Med. I haven't yet.

[geosub1978]

Makes you wonder what you're gonna do if you come across her in the Med. I haven't yet.

As you can see it has 7 lives!:rock:

[tomfon]

"Battle of Dardanells" is not a photo. It's a painting, right?:lol:

[geosub1978]

"Battle of Dardanells" is not a photo. It's a painting, right?:lol:

Yes, it is a paint after the Battle of Dardanels (Cape HELLEE) on the 3rd of December 1912 between the greek and the turkish fleet douring the 1st Balkan War.

[tomfon]

Ok, thanks!

[melnibonian]

Makes you wonder what you're gonna do if you come across her in the Med. I haven't yet.
Sink her of course :yep: :arrgh!:

If you want to find the Averof try the entrance to the Suez Canal. "Uncle George" is sitting there guarding the area and flying the flag of the Hellenic Navy High :yep: :up:

[Sailor Steve]

HOT DAMN!:o

That is indeed a lovely sight to see. Early steel-era ships are my favorite. Congratulations on having such a treasure still around.:rock:

[mcf1]

Great pics :up:
so you're Greek geosub?
πατριώτης ?

[_Seth_]

That is really a beautiful ship! I have to agree with Steve on this; It's truly a treasure! Thanx for posting this, geosub1978! :up:

[Kpt. Lehmann]

To anyone who is confused or unaware from the posting above... The Averof is included in GWX and keeps to its historical locations and travels. :up: :up: :up:

(Awesome work VonHelsching and Co!)

[Raptor1]

The Averof is the last Armored Cruiser still afloat, right?

Beautiful ship :D

[rifleman13]

They don't build warships like they used to...:shifty:

Nice find!:up:

[geosub1978]

Yes it is the last afloat armored cruiser.

Here AVEROF as flagship leads the rest three greek pre-drednaughts to the desicive battle of LEEMONS (January 1913)


http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/7007/balkanikoisff3.jpg

And here is of the equal historiacl value the Russian light cruiser AURORA. A survivor of Tsusima and participating in the Octoberzka Revolutzija! Now still afloat!

http://img376.imageshack.us/img376/34/aurorarzxs0.jpg

[LukeFF]

One of my friends who is a commercial diver recently got to dive underneath the USS Olympia, a protected cruiser, to check on the structural integrity of the ship. A real beautiful one as well!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/USS_Olympia_2.jpg

[melnibonian]

For those who are interested more on "Uncle George" you can either visit the Peer in Faliro Bay (easily accessible with bus or underground from the center of Athens) or visit the Hellenic Navy Web Page http://www.bsaverof.com/.

Enjoy :up:

[bookworm_020]

I was there for the Athens olympics and just worked around the couner from her, but never got to vist her!:cry:

[melnibonian]

I was there for the Athens olympics and just worked around the couner from her, but never got to vist her!:cry:
Well now you have one more reason to go back and visit Athens I guess ;) :D

[mcf1]

I live in Volos and Athens is about 330km away, so I think I'm going there next week. I've been in Athens many times and haven't visited the Averof.

[Kongo Otto]

"Μέγα το της θαλάσσης κράτος"
"Great is the country that controls the sea"

Its a real beauty, from long gone days.
But isnt her Name BN Averof?
Because at that Time it was the Royal Navy (Βασιλικόν Ναυτικόν, Vasilikón Naftikón, abbreviated ΒΝ).
Just asking.

[geosub1978]

"Μέγα το της θαλάσσης κράτος"
"Great is the country that controls the sea"

Its a real beauty, from long gone days.
But isnt her Name BN Averof?
Because at that Time it was the Royal Navy (Βασιλικόν Ναυτικόν, Vasilikón Naftikón, abbreviated ΒΝ).
Just asking.

Initialy it was HRS=Hellenic Royal Ship (BN in greek).

After 1975 this has changed to HS=Hellenic Ship (ΠΝ in greek).

AVEROF is considered "ACTIVE" and has complement XO and Captain so it now called HS AVEROF and not HRS AVEROF.

[Raptor1]

Technically I think it should be VP Georgios Averof or just Georgios Averof with no prefix (Greek today doesn't use prefixes (HS is an external prefix), but they used the VP prefix when it was the Kingdom of Greece, I think)

[melnibonian]

If we want to be totally correct (and a bit pedantic :p ) we should call her Θ/K Γεώργιος Αβέρωφ (Θωρηκτό/Καταδρομικό Γεώργιος Αβέρωφ). Θωρηκτό stands for Battleship and Καταδρομικό stands for Cruiser. In reality Averof (let's skip the prefixes for a bit) was an Armored Cruiser but since it was by far the largest and most powerful ship in the Greek Navy (and probably in the Eastern Mediteranean) at the time the Greeks called it Battleship (although it was not).

It is true that the terms HRN and HN are not used in Greece and they are used by the RN (Royal Navy) in reference to a Greek Ship.

[Jimbuna]

Hint: Could it be Alexandria or could it be Port Said http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1817/thinkbigsw1yo4.gif

You'll have to work the dates out yourself http://imgcash3.imageshack.us/img412/4774/thumbsuplargeon1.gif

[melnibonian]

Hint: Could it be Alexandria or could it be Port Said http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1817/thinkbigsw1yo4.gif

And we have the pictures to prove it right Jim? ;) :up:

[Jimbuna]

Hint: Could it be Alexandria or could it be Port Said http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/1817/thinkbigsw1yo4.gif

And we have the pictures to prove it right Jim? ;) :up:

Oh yes Mel ;)

http://img84.imageshack.us/img84/5549/361313gr7.gif

[mcf1]

Elli, the first Greek casualty in the Greek-Italian war, they sank her even before the war had started.
http://img247.imageshack.us/img247/4671/ellh1aj8.jpg

[tomfon]

Yes, she was sunk by an Italian submarine while she was stationed at the island of Tynos. Judging from the picture i think she was a V&W class.:hmm:
Can anyone verify this? Lets see what we can do without the recognition manual...;)

[mcf1]

Yes, she was sunk by an Italian submarine while she was stationed at the island of Tynos. Judging from the picture i think she was a V&W class.:hmm:
Can anyone verify this? Lets see what we can do without the recognition manual...;)
No, She was a light cruiser
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_cruiser_Elli

[tomfon]

...without the recognition manual and the wikipedia site. That's what i should have also said.
Anyway, ευχαριστώ.:up:

[mcf1]

...without the recognition manual and the wikipedia site. That's what i should have also said.
Anyway, ευχαριστώ.:up:
:rotfl: You mean without the recognition manual and the all knowing internet, there are hundreds of other sites wher you could find infos about Elli.
But anyway, παρακαλώ.

[Catfish]

HS Averof ?
I thought it is a joke ... because reading from behind it reads "Foreva" ;) which is certainly the time it is and will be in duty
Greetings,
Catfish

[Barkhorn1x]

One of my friends who is a commercial diver recently got to dive underneath the USS Olympia, a protected cruiser, to check on the structural integrity of the ship. A real beautiful one as well!

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5b/USS_Olympia_2.jpg

Toured the Olympia in the Philly harbor some years back. Beautiful ship, so much brass and teak. :cool:

[geosub1978]

HS Averof ?
I thought it is a joke ... because reading from behind it reads "Foreva" ;) which is certainly the time it is and will be in duty
Greetings,
Catfish

:D Good point!

[geosub1978]

The partners of AVEROF douring WW1 and the 1919-1922 campaign:

HRS or HS as you like LIMNOS ex USS IDAHO
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/21/34903182or7.jpg

HS LIMNOS was same as HS KILKIS. They were bought in 1914 together with HS HELLEE and this gave the founds to US for the built of USS TENESSEE!

Here is HS KILKIS already out of service, sunk at SALAMIS by JU 87 in APRIL 1941.
http://img296.imageshack.us/img296/1296/77491706qk8.jpg

[Barkhorn1x]

Great shots and I love how the Greeks kept the original cage masts - a very distinctive US battlewagon feature until the mid-30s.

[Jimbuna]

Nice shots http://www.psionguild.org/forums/images/smilies/wolfsmilies/thumbsup.gif