Salamis
An item reported that except for the fast 19.500 ton cruiser Salamis (1) ordered at the German shipyard Vulkan and the submarine Xiphias (2) ordered by the French company Creusot the Greek government purchased a third warship. It was the 2.800 ton cruiser Tchao-Ho (3) being built by Armstrong for account of the Chinese government. Dimensions 1005, x 12,8 x 4 metres. Armament consisted of 2-15cm L/50 guns, 4-10cm L/50 guns, 2-7,6cm guns, 6-4,7cm guns, 2-3,7cm guns and 45cm torpedo launchers. The armour consisted of no more as a 1,8cm thick armour deck. The machinery consisted of 6.500hp Parsons turbines allowing a speed of 20 miles.
Notes
1. Sometimes also called Vasilefs Georgias, building ordered in 1912, laid down by AG Vulkan, Hamburg, Germany on 23 July 1913, launched on 11 November 1914, never completed and broken up in 1932.
2. Building ordered by Schneider Shipyards, Toulon, France in 1913, launched in 1913, commissioned in March 1913 and decommissioned in 1920.
3. This must be the Chao-Ho, laid down by Armstrong Whitworth, England on 7 October 1910, launched on 23 October 1911, completed on 21 February 1912, handed over to China in 1913 and finally sunk when Japanese aircraft bombarded Guangzhou on 30 September 1937.
