postcard-48

Reproduction of old postcard of 1882, watercolour painting by B. Strassberger (*), showing some recently commissioned small naval ships of the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1882.

SPETSAI, steam gun boat, Blackwall Shipyards, 1881 (renamed to AKTION).
HYDRA, steam gun boat, Blackwall Shipyards, 1881 (renamed to AMVRAKIA)
RHODOS, torpedo boat, Yarrow Shipyard 1882 (renamed to Torpedo Boat 10)
KYPROS, torpedo boat, Yarrow Shipyard 1882 (renamed to Torpedo Boat 17)


(*) Bruno Heinrich Straßberger, 1832–1910, German painter and illustrator.