Greek ironclad Spetsai

Spetsai's sister ship Hydra early in her career
History
Greece
Name	Spetsai
Namesake	Spetsai Island
Ordered	1885
Builder	Société Nouvelle des Forges et Chantiers de la Méditerranée, Gravelle (Le Havre)
Launched	1889
Commissioned	1890
Decommissioned	1920
Fate	Sold for scrap
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-inch (274 mm) guns 5 × 5.9-inch (150 mm) guns 4 × 3.4-inch (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)

Spetsai (Greek: Θ/Κ Σπέτσαι) was a Greek ironclad battleship of the Hydra class that served in the Royal Hellenic Navy from 1890 until 1920. She was named after the Saronic Gulf island of Spetses, which played a key role in the war at sea during the Greek War of Independence. Spetsai 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 inches (270 millimetres) guns and five 5.9 inches (150 millimetres) guns, and had a top speed of 17 knots (31 kilometres per hour; 20 miles per hour).

Spetsai 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 used as a naval communications school until 1929, when she was sold for scrapping.