Dragons in Greek mythology in its place. It had an immortal head which would remain alive after it was cut off. Some accounts claim that the immortal head was made of gold. It lived in a swamp near Lerna and frequently terrorized the townsfolk until it was slain by Heracles, who cut the heads off, with the help of his nephew Iolaus, who then singed the oozing stump with a blazing firebrand to prevent any new heads from growing, as the second of his Twelve Labors. Hera sent a giant crab to distract Heracles, but he simply crushed it under his foot. Hera then
Greek ironclad Hydra Greece ordered three new ironclads of the . "Hydra" was ordered from the "Ateliers et Chantiers de la Loire" shipyard in St. Nazaire, France during the premiership of Charilaos Trikoupis. The ship, named for the island of Hydra, was launched in 1889, and by 1892, she and her sister-ships "Spetsai" and "Psara" were delivered to the Greek fleet. The ship was long between perpendiculars and had a beam of and a mean draft of . She displaced as built. She was powered by a pair of steam engines of unknown type; they were rated at and provided a top speed