For other ships with the same name, see Greek ship Psara.
Psara's sister ship Hydra early in her career
History
Greece
Namesake
Psara Island
Ordered
1885
Builder
Le Havre Shipyards
Launched
1890
Fate
Sold for scrap 1932
General characteristics
Class and type
Hydra-class ironclad
Displacement
4,808 long tons (4,885 t)
Length
334 feet 8 inches (102.01 m)
Beam
51 ft 10 in (15.80 m)
Draft
18 ft (5.5 m)
Installed power
4 × fire-tube boilers
6,700 indicated horsepower (5,000 kW)
Propulsion
2 × marine steam engines
2 × screw propellers
Speed
17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Crew
400
Armament
3 × 10.8 in (270 mm) guns
5 × 5.9 in (150 mm) guns
4 × 3.4 in (86 mm) guns
4 × 3-pounder guns
4 × 1-pounder guns
6 × 1-pounder Hotchkiss revolver cannon
3 × 14 in (356 mm) torpedo tubes
Armor
Belt: 4 to 12 in (102 to 305 mm)
Barbettes: 14 in
Deck: 2.3 in (58 mm)
Psara (Greek: Θ/Κ Ψαρά) was a steel-built ironclad warship named for one of the Aegean Sea islands that played a key role in the war at sea during the Greek War of Independence. The final vessel of the Hydra class, she was ordered in 1885 in response to a crisis in the Balkans and Ottoman naval expansion. The ship was launched in 1889 and delivered to Greece by 1902. She was armed with a main battery of three 10.8 in (270 mm) guns and five 5.9 in (150 mm) guns, and had a top speed of 17 kn (31 km/h; 20 mph).
Psara and her sisters saw extensive service with the Greek Navy. They participated in the Greco–Turkish War in 1897 until the Great Powers intervened and prevented the Greek Navy from capitalizing on their superiority over the Ottoman Navy. Psara saw action in the First Balkan War at the Naval Battle of Elli and was present at the Naval Battle of Lemnos, but was too slow to actively engage the Ottoman forces. She did not see action during World War I, and was reduced to a training ship for stokers after the end of the war. She was ultimately broken up for scrap in 1932.
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