Athena Class Heavy Cruiser

Athena-Class Heavy CruiserAthena-Class heavy cruiser are the first heavy cruiser class of the Royal Agioklion Navy. Four are completed, and two lost during the war.

Service History
Athena is the first ship to be commissioned in 1923. She entered service with the 5th Cruiser Squadron. The second ship, Artemis entered service on August 1925. Artemis was sunk by enemy action in December 1948. The third ship Ares, commissioned in 1929, participated during the Battle of Kusellen strait, and lost to surface gunfire in August 1950. Only Athena and Apollo remains in service. Both ships are subsequently scrapped in 1962 and 1964