Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Wild Beast (Greek: Θηρία) class, or Aetos class, of destroyers were bought by the Royal Hellenic Navy before World War I when the Greek government expanded its navy after losing the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and in anticipation of the Balkan Wars. These four ships had originally been ordered by Argentina from the English shipyards Cammell Laird in Liverpool. They were bought by Greece just as they were about to sail for Argentina.During World War I, these ships were seized by the French Navy when Greece did not enter the war on the side of the allies, but were returned to the Hellenic Royal Navy in 1917 when Greece declared war.. }
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- Wild_Beast-class_destroyer_(1912) abstract "The Wild Beast (Greek: Θηρία) class, or Aetos class, of destroyers were bought by the Royal Hellenic Navy before World War I when the Greek government expanded its navy after losing the Greco-Turkish War of 1897 and in anticipation of the Balkan Wars. These four ships had originally been ordered by Argentina from the English shipyards Cammell Laird in Liverpool. They were bought by Greece just as they were about to sail for Argentina.During World War I, these ships were seized by the French Navy when Greece did not enter the war on the side of the allies, but were returned to the Hellenic Royal Navy in 1917 when Greece declared war.".