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Online Library of Selected Images:
-- SHIPS of the GREEK NAVY --
Kilkis (Battleship, 1914-1941)
Kilkis, a 13,000 ton battleship originally completed
in early 1908 as USS Mississippi
(Battleship # 23), was purchased from the United States by
Greece in 1914. Taken over at Newport News, Virginia, late in
July of that year, Kilkis served actively in the Royal
Hellenic Navy until 1932. In 1935, after a period in reserve,
she became a training ship. She was sunk in Salamis harbor by
dive bombers on 23 April 1941, during the German invasion of Greece.
Her wreck was salvaged for scrap in the 1950s.
This page features views of the Greek battleship Kilkis.
For other photographs of this ship, taken prior to her transfer
to the Greek Navy, see:
USS Mississippi
(Battleship # 23).
Click on the small photograph to prompt
a larger view of the same image.
Photo #: NH 77442
Greek battleship (either Kilkis or Lemnos)
Photographed in a U.S. port.
Kilkis was the former USS Mississippi (Battleship
# 23). Lemnos was originally USS Idaho (Battleship
# 24).
Courtesy of the U.S. Naval Institute.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 54431
Greek battleship Kilkis
Under attack by German JU 87 dive bombers, at the Greek naval
base at Salamis, 23 April 1941. In the lower left, in the floating
drydock, is the destroyer Vasilefs Georgios.
Kilkis, the former USS Mississippi (Battleship
# 23), was sunk in this attack. The floating dock and destroyer
were also sunk (reportedly on 20 April ?), but Vasilefs Georgios
was subsequently raised and placed in service by the German Navy
as Hermes (ZG-3).
Photograph and some caption information were provided by Franz
Selinger.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 54430
Greek battleship Kilkis
Sunk at the Greek naval base at Salamis, after she was hit by
German air attacks on 23 April 1941. Photographed from a German
Heinkel HE 60 seaplane after the base was occupied by the German
Army.
Note bomb damage to the nearby pier.
Kilkis was the former USS Mississippi (Battleship
# 23).
Photograph and some caption information were provided by Franz
Selinger.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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Photo #: NH 77440
Greek battleships Kilkis and Lemnos
Sunk in the basin of the Greek naval base at Salamis after they
were hit by German air attacks on 23 April 1941. Seen from the
harbor pier following the arrival of the German army.
Kilkis, the former USS Mississippi (Battleship
# 23), is in the foreground. Lemnos, ex-USS Idaho
(Battleship # 24), is in the distance, with her guns removed.
Photograph and some caption information were provided by Franz
Selinger, via the U.S. Naval Institute.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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For other photographs of this ship, taken prior to her transfer
to the Greek Navy, see:
USS Mississippi
(Battleship # 23).
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Page made 27 March 2001