Ambassador to Turkey Henry Morgenthau, "immediately took their places as the most powerful vessels of the Greek Navy, and the enthusiasm of the Greeks in obtaining them was unbounded." Two days after the sale, on 10 July 1914, Mississippi shifted to Newport News. Gauntlett, an intermediary, on 8 July 1914, who then turned around and transferred them to the Greek government. service, Mississippi and her sister ship, Idaho, were sold to Fred J.
Determined as unsatisfactory for continued U.S. Consequently, the islands of the North and the Northeast Aegean sea were liberated under the leadership of admiral Kountouriotis.ĭiplomatic tensions between Greece and the Ottoman Empire after the 1912-13 Balkan Wars found expression in each seeking to buy powerful warships abroad that would enable them to control the Aegean Sea. The Greek fleet dominated the Aegean sea and crushed the Turkish fleet in the naval battles of the islands of Elli and Limnos. Finally, the first of the 2 submarines (DELFIN, XIFIAS) which were ordered from France, arrived. During the era of the war, 2 more torpedo boats were bought from Germany (NEA GENEA, and KERAVNOS) and 4 scouting boats from England (AETOS, IERAX, LEON, PANTHIR). The committee led to the adoption of the English style of management, organization, and training, especially in the areas of strategy and insignia.ĭuring the Balkan wars of 1912 the Greek fleet consisted of the Battleship AVEROF and the old ships HYDRA, SPETAI, PSARA, 8 torpedo boats (of the THYELLA and NIKI type), 5 old German torpedo boats, 4 steamboats (of the ACHELOOS type) and other auxiliary ships.
In 1910 an English committee was sent, headed by admiral Tufnel in order to contribute to the organization and training of the navy. In 1907 the Hellenic Navy General Staff was founded and its first chief was admiral Kountouriotis.
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