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Greek destroyer Nafkratousa

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Nafkratousa
History
Ensign of the Hellenic Royal NavyGreece
NameNafkratousa
Ordered1905
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders, Cubitt Town, London
Laid down1905
Launched1906
Commissioned1906
Decommissioned1921
FateWrecked, March 1921
General characteristics
Class and typeThyella class destroyer
DisplacementStandard 350 long tons (360 t)
Length67.1 m (220 ft)
Beam6.2 m (20 ft)
Draft1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Installed power6,000 hp (4,500 kW)
Propulsion2 shafts;
Speed30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Complement70
Armament
  • 2 × single 3 in (7.6 cm) 12 pdr gun
  • 2 × single 57 mm (2.2 in) 6 pdr Hotchkiss gun

Nafkratousa (Greek: Ναυκρατούσα) was a Thyella-class destroyer built for the Royal Hellenic Navy during the first decade of the 20th century.

The ship, along with her three sister ships, was ordered from Britain in 1905 and was built in the Yarrow shipyard at Cubitt Town, London.[1]

During World War I, Greece belatedly entered the war on the side of the Triple Entente and, due to Greece's neutrality the four Thyella class ships were seized by the Allies in October 1916, taken over by the French in November and served in the French Navy 1917–18. By 1918, they were back on escort duty under Greek colors, mainly in the Aegean Sea. Nafkratousa saw action in the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922). Nafkratousa ran aground on the island of Milos during March 1921 and was wrecked.

Citations

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  1. ^ Mach, p. 386

Bibliography

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  • Mach, Andrzej V. (1985). "Greece". In Gray, Randal (ed.). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906–1921. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 382–387. ISBN 0-85177-245-5.

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