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Hellenic Navy

The Hellenic Navy is the naval force of Greece, part of the Greek Armed Forces. The modern Greek navy has its roots in the naval forces of various Aegean Islands, which fought in the Greek War of Independence...

Timeline of Events

1826

11.25.1826

The Greek frigate ''Hellas'' arrives in Nafplion to become the first flagship of the Hellenic Navy.

1911

9.1.1911

The armored cruiser ''Georgios Averof'' is commissioned into the Greek Navy. It now serves as a museum ship.

1913

1.18.1913

A Greek flotilla defeats the Ottoman Navy in the Naval Battle of Lemnos during the First Balkan War, securing the islands of the Northern Aegean Sea for Greece.