Trokadero Marina Ship Museum

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Replica of an Attic trireme
Georgios Averoff , the only surviving armored cruiser from the early 20th century
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The Liberty freighter Hellas Liberty (from 2011)

The Trokadero Marina Ship Museum is located in the Athens suburb of Paleo Faliro . The museum is not an institution of its own, but rather a park in which exhibits from various organizations are shown. It is best reached by tram (Trokadero stop).

Exhibits (selection)

  • Replica of an Attic trireme (three oars) from the 5th century BC Chr .: 36.9 m long, 5.5 m wide, 70 tons in weight, 4 knots cruising speed (one main sail, one foresail) when using half the rowing crew, up to 9 knots when using all rowers, a 180 degree turn in one minute; Crew: 170 rowers, 10 sailors, about 10 soldiers. The new building, named Olympias, was built in 1987 as part of an experimental archeology project .
  • Armored cruiser Georgios Averoff : Six gun turrets, 140 m long, 21 m wide, 10,300 tons heavy, 23 knots, 670 men crew (up to 1,200 men in action), participation in the Balkan war and both world wars. He was in service from 1911 to 1955 and played an important role in modern Greek history. It was a gift to his country from the merchant Georgios Averoff. Today the Georgios Averoff is the last intact armored cruiser from the early 20th century.
  • Destroyer Velos : The Velos ( Greek Βέλος , arrow ) is a Fletcher-class ship and served as the USS Charrette in the US Navy from 1942 to 1945 during World War II . Her most important missions were in Japan and China. In 1959 the ship was handed over to the Greek Navy . During a NATO exercise in May 1973, the Velos under Captain Pappas left the naval association in protest against the Greek military junta and drove to Rome. This event contributed to the fall of the regime a year later.
  • It was originally planned to exhibit the Liberty freighter Hellas Liberty as a reminder of the 98 Liberty freighters that formed the basis of the Greek merchant fleet after 1945. The ship was bought and donated by the USA, the restoration costs were borne by a Greek shipowner. However, it has been on display at the Hellas Liberty Museum in the port of Piraeus since June 2010 .

Other maritime museums in Greece

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Asylum for Greek sailors in Rome . In: The time . No. June 23 , 1973 ( online [accessed July 31, 2019]).

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Coordinates: 37 ° 56 ′ 2 ″  N , 23 ° 41 ′ 2 ″  E