VASILEFS GEORGIOS central battery ship (1868)

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Βασιλεύς Γεώργιος [Vasilefs Georgios]			Thames Iron Wks, Blackwall, UK	1866	28.12.1867	1868	stricken 1912

Displacement normal, t	1774
Displacement full, t
Length, m	61.0 pp
Breadth, m	10.1
Draught, m	4.88 max
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 HC, 4 rectangular boilers
Power, h. p.	2100
Max speed, kts	12.2
Fuel, t	coal 210
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armour, mm	iron; belt: 178 - 114, battery: 152, deck: 25
Armament	2 x 1 - 229/14 Armstrong 12.5-ton MLR, 2 x 1 - 95/16 Armstrong 20pdr BL
Complement	152

Vasilefs Georgios 1867

Small central battery ship with a complete belt.

Iron armour protected the belt (178mm amidships and 114mm at ship ends). Battery was closed by 152mm sides and 25mm deck.

1880s: - 2 x 1 - 229/14; + 2 x 1 - 209/20 RK L/22 C/75

1897: re-engined (VTE, 14kts); - 2 x 1 - 95/16; + 1 x 1 - 149/27 RK L/30 C/83, 9 MGs

Vasilefs Georgios served as TS since early 1900s.