Английская Википедия:Greek ironclad Vasilefs Georgios
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Шаблон:Infobox ship imageШаблон:Infobox ship careerШаблон:Infobox ship characteristicsThe Greek ironclad Vasilefs Georgios (Шаблон:Lang-el) 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.
Description
Vasilefs Georgios had a length overall of Шаблон:Convert long, a beam of Шаблон:Convert and a mean draft of Шаблон:Convert. The ship displaced Шаблон:Convert. She had horizontal single-expansion steam engines that drove two propellers.[1] The engines were designed to produce a total of Шаблон:Convert to give the ship a speed of Шаблон:Convert, but only produced Шаблон:Convert for a speed of Шаблон:Convert.[2] For long-distance travel, Vasilefs Georgios was fitted with two masts and schooner rigged. She carried Шаблон:Convert of coal that gave her a range of about Шаблон:Convert at full speed. The ship had a crew of 120 officers and crewmen.[1]
Vasilefs Georgios was armed with a pair of Armstrong Шаблон:Convert rifled muzzle-loading guns. The ship was a central-battery ironclad with the armament concentrated amidships in a hexagonal armored citadel. The citadel was protected by Шаблон:Convert plates and the entire ship's side was covered by armor that had a maximum thickness of Шаблон:Convert amidships and reduced to Шаблон:Convert at the ends.[3]
Construction and service
Vasilefs Georgios, named for King George I of Greece,[4] was built by Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, London. She was launched on 28 December 1867 and completed the following year.[3] In February 1870, Vasilefs Georgios was damaged at sea, guns in one of her turrets being dislodged. She put in to Lisbon, Portugal on 9 February for repairs, her crew refusing to proceed.[5] The ship became a training ship for naval cadets around the end of the 19th century.[3] She was stricken in 1912. Vasilefs Georgios was broken up in 1915.[6]
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