Hamburg, 5 August. That afternoon was the Greek cruiser Salamis docked and the work of completing her was started again. This was a result of negotiations with a Greek commission. The building started before the begin of the First World War but was stopped and the ship stayed during years uncompleted at the Vulkan yard. (1)
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1. She was ordered in 1912, laid down at the AG Vulkan yard on 23 July 1913, launched in 11 November 1914, further building stopped in December of the same year, served in the Germany navy as floating accommodation, after 1918 not accepted by Greece followed by a lawsuit between the yard and Greece, on 23 April 1932 was decided that Greece paid a compensation while the yard also obtained the unfinished hull and she was sold and broken up at Bremen the same year. With a displacement of 19,500 tons/19,200 long tons and 21,500 standard tons were her dimensions 569’x 81’x 25’. The AEG turbines and 18 Yarlow boilers supplied 40,000 shp allowing a maximum speed of 23 knots. She was armed with 4x2-14”guns, 12-6” guns, 12-3” guns in a casemate (6 aside) and 5-20” torpedo tubes. The armour consisted of a 10-25cm belt, a 7,3cm deck while the barbettes and the turrets were protected by 25,08 cm.
