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Rhodes I

It was renamed a torpedo ‘10’.

The same type of torpedoes ‘Samos II’, ‘Chios II’, ‘Mytilene’, ‘Kos I’, ‘Cyprus’. They were later renamed torpedo ‘6’, ‘7’, ‘8’, ‘9’, ‘10’ and ‘17’.

It was built at the British Yard shipyards following an order from the Greek Government. Torpedo tubes were placed in Fiume.

With Eastern Squadron he took part in the 1897 Greek-Turkish War.

It was also used to prosecute smuggling. He retired in 1912.

Bibliography

Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1860-1905
Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships, 1906-1922
Jane's Fighting Ships 1912

Greek Torpilovola