An image of a Greek-Ottoman naval action singles out Georgios Averof as the decisive Greek ship. The flagship is described as operating so effectively that it went around taking out the opposition. A later callback explains that its commander once left the rest of the Greek fleet behind because the other ships could not keep up. The aside shows how a fast flagship could be released from a slower formation when fleet speed otherwise constrained it.
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Georgios Averof and the speed of a mixed fleet
A background image prompts a brief lesson on how Georgios Averof's speed let the Greek flagship leave its slower fleet and operate independently against the Ottomans.