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List of battleships of Greece : ウィキペディア英語版 | List of battleships of Greece
In the early 20th century, the Greek Navy embarked on an expansion program to counter a strengthening of Greece's traditional rival, the Ottoman Empire. The Ottomans ordered a new dreadnought battleship, ; in response, Greece ordered the dreadnought from a German shipyard. The Ottomans acquired the ex-Brazilian and renamed her . Greece responded with a second battleship ordered in France, ''Vasilefs Konstantinos'', built to the same design as the French . As the Ottomans had a significant head start in battleship construction, the Greek Navy purchased two obsolete American pre-dreadnoughts— and —as a stop-gap measure in June 1914. The ships were renamed and , respectively. Greek naval plans were interrupted by the outbreak of World War I in August 1914, however. Work halted on ''Vasilefs Konstantinos'' in August and on ''Salamis'' in December 1914. As a result, ''Kilkis'' and ''Lemnos'' were the only battleships delivered to Greece. Greece remained neutral for the first three years of World War I, though in October 1916, France seized the Greek Navy and disarmed both of the battleships. They remained inactive for the rest of the war. Both ships saw service in 1919–1922 during the Greco–Turkish War. They continued to serve with the fleet until the early 1930s, when they were reduced to secondary roles. ''Lemnos'' became a barracks ship while ''Kilkis'' became a training ship. During the German invasion of Greece in April 1940, both ships were attacked and sunk in Salamis by Ju 87 Stuka dive-bombers. The two old battleships were scrapped after the end of the war. ==Key==
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