Greek ironclad Vasilissa Olga

	Vasilissa Olga - Βασίλισσα Όλγα
History
Greece
Name	Vasilissa Olga
Namesake	Queen Olga
Ordered	1868
Builder	Stabilimento Tecnico Triestino, Trieste
Laid down	1868
Launched	1869
Commissioned	1871
Fate	Scrapped, 1925
General characteristics (as built)
Type	Armored corvette
Displacement	2,030 long tons (2,060 t)
Length	294 ft 4 in (89.7 m)
Beam	39 ft (11.9 m)
Draft	19 ft (5.8 m)
Installed power	1,950 ihp (1,450 kW)
Propulsion	1 shaft, 1 steam engine
Sail plan	Barque rigged
Speed	10 knots (19 km/h; 12 mph)
Armament	2 × 9-inch (228.6 mm) rifled muzzle-loading guns; 10 × 70-pdr rifled muzzle-loading guns;
Armor	Belt: 3.9–5.9 in (99–150 mm); Battery: 4.7 in (120 mm); Bulkheads: 4.7 in (120 mm);

The Greek ironclad Vasilissa Olga (Greek: Βασίλισσα Όλγα) was purchased from Chile for the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1868. She was converted into a training ship in 1897 and scrapped in 1925.

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