History
Greece
Name	Loudovikos
Namesake	King Ludwig I of Bavaria
Builder	Poros Naval Shipyard, Poros
Launched	1838; 186 years ago (1838)
Commissioned	1838
Decommissioned	1873; 151 years ago (1873)
Renamed	Messolongion, 1862
General characteristics
Displacement	1,000 long tons (1,016 t)
Length	44.1 m (145 ft)
Complement	182
Armament	2 × 22-pounder guns 4 × 20-pounder long guns 24 × 32-pounder carronades

Loudovikos was a corvette of the Hellenic Navy built in 1838 at the Poros Naval Shipyard, designed by naval architect Georgios Tombazis. It was named after King Ludwig I of Bavaria, the father of King Otto of Greece.

It was a relatively large ship (length 44.1 m, 1000-ton displacement), was armed with two 22-lb plus four 20-lb long guns, and twenty-four 32-lb carronades, and had a crew of 182. The ship was not operationally utilized, and since 1846 it was used as a training ship (renamed Messolongion after the ousting of Otto in 1862). It officially remained in service with the Royal Hellenic Navy until 1873.

• L.S. Skartsis, "Greek Vehicle & Machine Manufacturers 1800 to present: A Pictorial History", Marathon (2012) ISBN 978-960-93-4452-4 (eBook)
• Piraeus Maritime Museum