Greek ironclad Vasilissa Olga
 Vasilissa Olga - Βασίλισσα Όλγα | |
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| Name: | Vasilissa Olga |
| Namesake: | Queen Olga |
| Ordered: | 1868 |
| Builder: | Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino |
| Laid down: | February 3, 1869 |
| Launched: | January 18, 1870 |
| Commissioned: | November 21, 1870 |
| Decommissioned: | 1925 |
| Fate: | Scrapped, circa 1925 |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Type: | Armored corvette |
| Displacement: | 2,030 long tons (2,060 t) |
| Length: | 294 ft 4 in (89.7 m) |
| Beam: | 39 ft (11.9 m) |
| Draft: | 19 ft (5.8 m) |
| Installed power: | 1,950 ihp (1,450 kW) |
| Propulsion: | 1 shaft, 1 steam engine |
| Sail plan: | Barque rigged |
| Speed: | 10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph) |
| Complement: | 258 |
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The Greek ironclad Vasilissa Olga (Greek: Βασίλισσα Όλγα), named for Queen Olga of Greece, served in the Royal Hellenic Navy from 1869 to 1925. She was the first of two Hellenic Navy ships to bear this name.
The ship was ordered from the Austro-Hungarian shipbuilder Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino. Vasilissa Olga served on active duty from 1870 to 1915, but the ship never saw action, as she was converted into cadet training ship in 1897. She was decommissioned in 1925 and was scrapped.
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References
- Gardiner, Robert, ed. (1979). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1860–1905. London: Conway Maritime Press. ISBN 0-85177-133-5.
- Gardiner, Robert; Gray, Randal, eds. (1984). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships: 1906–1922. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. ISBN 0-87021-907-3.
- "Greek Ironclads Olga and Georgios". Warship International (Toledo, Ohio: Naval Records Club) X (2): 212–14. 1973. ISSN 0043-0374.
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