Hydra

Hydra was an ironclad warship of the Greek Navy, named for Hydra, one of the Saronic Gulf islands which played a key role in the war at sea during the Greek War of Independence. The lead ship of her class of ironclads, she was ordered in 1885 in response to a crisis in the Balkans and Ottoman naval expansion. The ship was launched in 1889 and delivered to Greece by 1892. She was armed with a main battery of three 10.8 in (274 mm) guns and five 5.9 in (150 mm) guns, and had a top speed of 17 kn.

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Hydra
draft 5.49 metre, beam 15.8 metre, length 102 metre, 
Hydra-class ironclad, ironclad warship, Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire, Hellenic Navy, 

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