Georgios Averof Class Heavy Cruiser

Georgios Averof-Class Heavy CruiserGeorgios Averof class heavy cruisers are a pair of cruisers built for the Royal Agioklion Navy. They are the last heavy cruiser class to be authorized and yet the largest standard type cruiser ever built. The lead ship, Georgios Averof is commissioned in 1943, while her sister Vasilefs Konstantinos follows in 1944. The other two, Viaros Kapodistrias and Antonio Calogera are scrapped in 1945 and 1947 respectively due to the unnecessary need of heavy cruisers

Service History
Georgios Averof is in her homeport of Salamis when the war broke out, while Vasilefs Konstantinos is being repaired after she got ran aground. In 1949, Konstantinos returned to service when she got torpedoed on her bow and stern, nearly capsizing. Konstantinos would limp home for a desperate repair. Averof remains in service until 1982, and Konstantinos remains in service until 1976, and was sold for scrap in 1980