Themistoklis class
| Themistoklis class |
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| Technical specifications | |
| Ship type: | Escort destroyer type Hunt II |
| Units: | 3 Greece / 36 |
| Displacement: | 1050 ts standard; 1625 ts max. |
| Length: | 85.3 m |
| Width: | 9.6 m |
| Draft: | 3.78 m |
| Drive: | as before |
| Fuel: | 265–328 t of heating oil |
| Speed: | 29 kn |
| Range: | 3600 nm at 14 knots (6670 km) |
| Crew: | 168 |
| Armament: | 3 × 2 - 102 mm anti-aircraft Mk.XVI 1 x 4 - 2 pdr-Flak - 2 Oerlikon-20-mm anti-aircraft guns , SP.4 30-60 water bombs 2, Bowler |
The Themistoklis class is a Greek ship class of destroyer escorts . It comprises three Hunt-Class Type II ships that Greece took over from the Royal Navy between 1943 and 1946. They were formally returned to the United Kingdom on December 12, 1959 , but canceled in Greece the following year.
The HMS Cowdray was also intended for transfer to the Greek Navy . However, the beginning of the Greek Civil War prevented the surrender.
units
| Identifier | Surname | Original name | Shipyard | Launch | takeover |
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| D-29 | Themistoklis | HMS Bramham (L51) | Alexander Stephen and Sons | April 7, 1941 | July 10, 1943 |
| D-48 | Kriti | HMS Hursley (L84) | Swan Hunter | July 25, 1941 | November 3, 1943 |
| D-11 | Aigaion | HMS Lauderdale (L95) | John I. Thornycroft & Company | August 5, 1941 | May 21, 1946 |
In respect of all Hunt destroyers the Greek navy see also → Greek Hunt -Zerstörer and → Adriatic (L67) .
literature
- Fred T. Jane : Jane's Fighting Ships of World War II , London 1989, ISBN 1-85170-194-X , p. 156
- K. Paisi-Paradeli: Τα ΠΛΟΙΑ του ΠΟΛΕΜΙΚΟΥ ΝΑΥΤΙΚΟΥ 1829–1999 , ISBN 960-86501-1-9