Elli 1914
Elli 1939
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| Έλλη [Elli] (ex-飛鴻 [Fei Hung]) | New York SB, Camden, USA | 1910 | 4.5.1912 | 11/1913 // 14.5.1914 | sunk 15.8.1940 |
| Data variant | as completed |
|
Displacement normal, t |
2600 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2750 |
|
Length, m |
97.5 pp 98.1 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
11.9 |
|
Draught, m |
4.26 |
|
No of shafts |
3 |
|
Machinery |
3 Parsons steam turbines, 3 Thornycroft watertube boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
7500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
20 |
|
Fuel, t |
coal 600 + oil 100 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4500(10) |
|
Armour, mm |
deck: 25 with 51mm slopes, CT: 50 |
|
Armament |
2 x 1 - 152/45 Armstrong Mk NN, 4 x 1 - 102/50 Armstrong P, 2 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N, 6 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 37/27 Maxim, 2 x 1 - 450 TT |
|
Complement |
232 |
Project history: Cruiser was built in the USA under Chinese order as Fei Hung
and completed in November, 1913, but was not redeemed by customer and 14.5.1914
she was sold to Greece, being renamed Elli (in English-speaking sources often there is writing Helle).
On an original design she was close to British-built Chinese cruisers Chao Ho and Jing Swei, in particular,
she had forecastle and poop, boilers with coal/oil combustion and mixed artillery. On
trials she shown 20.3kts at 8640hp.
In 1925-1929 Elli passed repair and
modernization with conversion to cruiser-minelayer.
Ship protection: Ship was protected by only main deck with slopes, covered machinery.
Modernizations: 1917: + 1 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 47/40 Hotchkiss
(1925-1929, F C de la Méditerranée, La Seyne, France): the poop was sheared (aft 152mm gun was thus installed one deck lower), superstructures were completely reconstructed, funnels were moved, mine rails for 110 mines were fitted aft, all armament was changed. Boilers were converted on pure oil-firing, however by 1940 speed because of deterioration of machinery did not exceed 18kts. Thanks to the spared weight, the thickness of main protected deck was increased to 51mm. New data was as given in the table.
| Data variant | as modernized 1929 |
|
Displacement standard, t |
2115 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2750 |
|
Length, m |
97.5 pp 98.1 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
11.9 |
|
Draught, m |
4.26 |
|
No of shafts |
3 |
|
Machinery |
3 Parsons steam turbines, 3 Thornycroft watertube boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
7500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
20.5 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 600 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 7000(10) |
|
Armour, mm |
deck: 51 with 51mm slopes, CT: 50 |
|
Armament |
3 x 1 - 152/50 Armstrong Mk WW, 2 x 1 - 76/40 Armstrong N, 2 x 1 - 57/40 Hotchkiss AA, 2 x 1 - 450 TT, 110 mines |
|
Complement |
232 |
1930s: - 2 x 1 - 57/40; + 2 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II
Naval service: In 1916-1917 Elli served under French flag. Elli 15.8.1940 (before official declaration of war) was torpedoed and sunk by Italian submarine Delfino off island Tinos.
Elli 1930
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