 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Vaviri vevatatu Pisa-kirasi vakapakata zvombo zvehondo pakutanga vakavakirwa Regia Marina. Ngarava yechitatu yakavakwa pamusoro pekufungidzira uye yakatengeswa kuGreece uye yakapedzwa se Georgios Averof, yakatumidzwa zita remumwe muzvinabhizimisi wechiGiriki akapfuma uyo akanga asiya nhaka yakawanda yekuwedzera kweGreece Navy mukuda kwake. Ngarava iyi yakabatanidzwa muCoronation Fleet Review yaMambo George V weUnited Kingdom muna 1911 nguva pfupi yapfuura. Yakashanda muHondo dzeBalkan uye yakabatsira mukukunda kweGreek pamusoro peOttoman Empire muhondo dzeElli neLemnos munguva yeHondo yeBalkan yekutanga. Mukati meHondo yeNyika I, Georgios Averof haana kuona basa rinoshanda zvikuru, sezvo Greece yakanga isina kwayakarerekera mukati mamakore okutanga ehondo. Pashure pemhirizhonga yeNoemvriana ya1916, yakatorwa navaFrance kuti vave nechokwadi chokuti yakanga isingagoni kuita chinhu chinopesana neEntente. Pashure pokuguma kwehondo, ngarava yacho yakabatanidzwa muHondo yeGreek-Turkish ya19191922uye akabetsera mukubviswa kwavapoteri pashure pokukundwa kweuto reGirisi. Muna 19251927 Georgios Averof akavakwazve muFrance uye akashongedzerwazve. 