During the government of Charilaos Trikoupis in 1889, the fleet was further increased with the acquisition of new battleships:"Hydra", "Spetsai", and "Psara" from France. Thus, when Greece went to war in the Greco-Turkish War in 1897, the Hellenic Navy established its dominance in the Aegean Sea; however, it was unable to change the outcome of the war on land, which was a national humiliation.