 Tenders from Vickers, of Britain, for small, battleships were not taken up.In 1911, a constitutional change in Greece allowed the government to hire naval experts from other countries, which led to the invitation of a British naval mission to advise the navy on its rearmament program.The British officers recommended a program of two battleships and a large armored cruiser; offers from Vickers and Armstrong-Whitworth were submitted for the proposed battleships.