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Photo by1919. RHS Lemnos and torpedo boat Dafni at Constantinople.

Country: Greece.
Class, [Type]: Mississippi, [BB].

Builder: William Cramp and Sons, Philadelphia, USA.
Launch date: 9 December 1905.
Commission date: 22 July 1914.
Decommission date: April 1941.

Displacement ( tons ): 14700 full load.
Dimensions ( metres ): 116,5 x 23,5 x 7,5.
Main machinery: 2 x Triple-expansion reciprocating engines ( 10000 hp ), 8 x Babcock and Wilcox water-tube boilers.
Speed ( knots ): 17.
Complement: 744.

Guns: 2 x 2 300mm, 4 x 2 203mm, 8 x 1 178mm, 12 x 1 76mm.
Torpedoes: 2 x 1 533mm torpedo tubes.
Comment: Ex - USS Idaho ( BB- 24 ). Sunk by German aircraft in April 1941.

Year of visit the Black Sea: 1919 | 1921
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Similar units:
Greece  Kilkis
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