ABSTRACT
The weakening of the British Mediterranean position between 1909 and 1912 enabled Greece to first secure a British Naval Mission and then to attract British interest in fully fledged naval co-operation with it. On the other hand, the precarious balance of naval power in the Mediterranean and the doubling in the size of Greece in the aftermath of the Balkan Wars raised Italian and Austro-Hungarian fears of Greek naval hostility. Similar considerations urged Germany to effect a rapprochement with Greece.
