Drama 1945
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Names |
AK242 Δομοκός [Domokos] (ex-ML242) AK295 Δολιανά [Doliana] (ex-ML295) AK307, 1961- Δοξάτον [Doxation] (ex-ML307) AK341, 1961- Δράμα [Drama] (ex-ML341) AK478 Καλλίνι [Kallini] (ex-ML478), 1946- Eλευθέρον [Elefteron] AK483, 1961- P254 Καλαμπάκα [Kalambaka] (ex-ML483) AK554 Κάσος [Kassos] (ex-ML554) AK561 Κάρπαθος [Karpatos] (ex-ML561) AK565 Κως [Kos] (ex-ML565) AK569 Τήλος [Tilos] (ex-ML569) AK578, 1961- Χάλκη [Halki] (ex-ML578) AK580 Καστελόριζο [Kastelorizo] (ex-ML580) AK861, 1961- Tζαταλτζα [Tzataltza] (ex-ML861) AK864, 1961- P257 Νίσυρος [Nisyros] (ex-ML864), 1950s- Κομοτηνή [Komotini] AK867, 1961- Καρπενήσι [Karpenisi] (ex-ML867) |
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Builders |
Dickie, Bangor & Tarbert, UK: Kos Curtis, Looe or Par, UK: Domokos, Doliana, Doxation, Kassos Jas Miller, St. Monance, UK: Kalambaka, Halki William Weatherhead, Cockenzie, UK: Karpatos Collins, Lowestoft, UK: Drama, Tilos Johnson & Jago, Leigh on Sea, UK: Kastelorizo Thomson & Balfour, Bo`ness, UK: Kallini Thomas Cook, Cairo, Egypt: Tzataltza, Karpenisi Anglo-American Nile Tourist Co., Cairo, Egypt: Nisyros |
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Completed |
1941 // 1945: Domokos, Doxation, Drama 1942 // 1945: Kallini, Kassos 1943 // 1945: Tilos, Halki, Kastelorizo 1944 // 1945: Tzataltza, Karpenisi 1941 // 1946: Doliana 1942 // 1946: Kalambaka, Karpatos 1943 // 1946: Kos 1944 // 1947: Nisyros |
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Losses |
None |
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Transfers |
UK, 1952: Doliana (ML2295), Kassos (ML2554), Karpatos (ML2561), Kos (ML2565), Tilos (ML2569), Kastellorizo (ML2580) |
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Discarding |
1947: Domokos 1960: Elefteron 1961: Doxation, Drama, Halki 1962: Tzataltza, Karpenisi 1964: Kalambaka 1965: Komotini |
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Displacement standard, t |
75.5 |
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Displacement full, t |
85.6 |
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Length, m |
34.8 |
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Breadth, m |
5.59 |
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Draught, m |
1.45 deep load |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 Hall-Scott petrol engines |
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Power, h. p. |
1200 |
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Max speed, kts |
18 |
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Fuel, t |
petrol 10500 l |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
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Armament |
1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk I/III, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 DCT (6), 14 DC or 8 - 9 mines commissioned 1946-1947: 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 DCT(6), 14 DC or 8 - 9 mines |
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Electronic equipment |
type 291U or type 293 radar, type 134 sonar |
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Complement |
16 |
Project history: British Fairmile B class patrol launches, transferred to Greece in May-July, 1945 and after war. They were originally used as minesweeping boats.
Modernizations: None.
Naval service: Nissyros first some years served as royal yacht, then she was also converted to patrol launch and renamed Komotini.
Elefteron 1953
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