Greek steamer Othon explained

-- warships except submarines -->+SS Othon
Ship Name:
  • Othon (1838–62)
  • Athinai (1862–64)
Ship Builder:Poros Naval Shipyard
Ship Launched:1838
Ship Decommissioned:1864
Ship Type:Paddle steamer
Ship Tonnage:430 tons
Ship Power:2 × 120hp steam engines
Ship Propulsion:Paddle wheels
Ship Complement:59
Ship Armament:
  • 2 × 18pdr long guns
  • 4 × 32pdr carronades

The Othon (Greek, Modern (1453-);: Όθων) was a military 430-ton paddle steamer of the Hellenic Navy, named after the first king of independent Greece, Otto. It was designed by naval architect Georgios Tombazis and built in 1838 at the Poros Naval Shipyard. It was powered by 2 Maudslay Sons & Field 120 hp steam engines, and was armed with two 18 pounder long guns and four 32 pounder carronades; total crew was 59 (officers and men). The ship was renamed Athinai ("Athens") after Otto's ousting in 1862 and decommissioned in 1864.

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