Greek ironclad Vasilefs Georgios

The Greek ironclad Vasilefs Georgios (Βασιλεύς Γεώργιος) 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 213 ft long, a beam of 33 ft and a mean draft of 20 ft. The ship displaced 1774 LT. She had horizontal single-expansion steam engines that drove two propellers. The engines were designed to produce a total of 2400 ihp to give the ship a speed of 14 kn, but only produced 2100 ihp for a speed of 12 kn. For long-distance travel, Vasilefs Georgios was fitted with two masts and schooner rigged. She carried 210 LT of coal that gave her a range of about 1300 nmi at full speed. The ship had a crew of 120 officers and crewmen.

Vasilefs Georgios was armed with a pair of Armstrong 9 in 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 6 in plates and the entire ship's side was covered by armor that had a maximum thickness of 7 in amidships and reduced to 4.5 in at the ends.

Construction and service
Vasilefs Georgios, named for King George I of Greece, was built by Thames Ironworks, Blackwall, London. She was launched on 28 December 1867 and completed the following year. 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. The ship became a training ship for naval cadets around the end of the 19th century. She was stricken in 1912. Vasilefs Georgios was broken up in 1915.