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Greece Welcomes Frigate Kimon with Battleship Averof and Trireme Olympia

Published January 15, 2026, 08:26
Greece Welcomes Frigate Kimon with Battleship Averof and Trireme Olympia

The new frigate 'Kimon' is being welcomed to Greece today with a historic ceremony attended by the President, Prime Minister and Minister of National Defense. The battleship 'Averof' and the trireme 'Olympia' will participate in the welcome, creating a unique spectacle due to their common shipbuilding peculiarity: the inverted bow. The choice of the two historic ships symbolizes the timeless dominance of the Greek Navy in the Mediterranean, from antiquity with the triremes to today with modern frigates. The inverted bow, a shipbuilding masterpiece, offered advantages to the ancient Greek triremes, such as better wave splitting and increased speed.