ABSTRACT
A naval alliance between Greece, Britain and the Entente had been, in varying degrees, a desideratum since the Balkan Wars. The Greek intervention in the war on the side of the Entente in July 1917 fulfilled this. This chapter will therefore examine the workings and the outcome of this alliance. The conclusion will be that through its naval mission Britain secured the widest possible authority over Greek docking facilities, the Greek fleet and the Greek Naval Air Service. Britain benefited from this since its air route to India was kept safe from French hands, while the Greek fleet, the Greek Naval Air Service and the Greek merchant marine carried out valuable services in the course of the war. However, the meddling in domestic politics by certain of the members of the British Naval Mission to Greece and the inadequate material support that the mission had been receiving from London made it, in Greek eyes, a failure, despite the fact that the mission largely discharged the duties which it had been called upon to perform.
