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Greek ironclad Vasilefs Georgios
| History | |
|---|---|
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| Name | Vasilefs Georgios |
| Namesake | King George |
| Builder | Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, London |
| Launched | 28 December 1867 |
| Completed | 1868 |
| Decommissioned | 1915 |
| Reclassified | Training ship, early 1900s |
| Fate | Scrapped, 1915 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type | Armored corvette |
| Displacement | 1,774 long tons (1,802 t) |
| Length | 200 ft 2 in (61.0 m) |
| Beam | 33 ft (10.1 m) |
| Draft | 16 ft (4.9 m) |
| Installed power | 2,100 ihp (1,600 kW) |
| Propulsion | 1 shaft, 1 steam engine |
| Sail plan | Schooner rigged |
| Speed | 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
| Range | 1,300 nautical miles (2,400 km; 1,500 mi) at 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement | 152 |
| Armament | |
| Armor | |
The Greek ironclad Vasilefs Georgios (Greek: Βασιλεύς Γεώργιος) was an armored corvette built in Great Britain for the Royal Hellenic Navy during the 1860s. She became a cadet training ship before she was stricken from the Navy List in 1912. The ship was scrapped in 1915.
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