RHNS Averof: Thunder in the Aegean

Journalist John Carr tells the riveting history of Greece's RHNS Averof—an armored cruiser that served in three of the twentieth century's major wars.

Built at Livorno in 1910, the 10,000-ton RHNS Averof was the flagship—and largest warship—of the Royal Hellenic Navy until 1951. More than a century after its construction, she is still afloat, one of just three armored cruisers still in existence in the world. Originally intended for the Italian navy, the ship was bought by Greece and soo...