Sfendoni 1910
Thyella 1933
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
Θύελλα [Thyella] | Yarrow, Glasgow, UK | 1905 | 1907 | 1907 | captured by France 12.1916 (Thyella), returned 12.1918, sunk 21.4.1941 | ||
Ναυκρατούσα [Nafkratoussa] | Yarrow, Glasgow, UK | 1905 | 1906 | 1906 | captured by France 12.1916 (Nafkratoussa), returned 12.1918, wrecked 3.1921 | ||
Λόγχη [Lonchi] | Yarrow, Glasgow, UK | 1905 | 7.7.1907 | 1907 | captured by France 12.1916 (Lonchi), returned 12.1918, discarded 1926 | ||
Σφενδόνη [Sfendoni] | Yarrow, Glasgow, UK | 1905 | 1907 | 1907 | captured by France 12.1916 (Sfendoni), returned 12.1918, stricken 1945 |
Displacement normal, t |
352 |
Displacement full, t |
380 |
Length, m |
67.1 |
Breadth, m |
6.20 |
Draught, m |
1.80 |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
2 VTE, 4 Yarrow boilers |
Power, h. p. |
6000 |
Max speed, kts |
30 |
Fuel, t |
coal 88 |
Endurance, nm(kts) | 1200(15) |
Armament |
2 x 1 - 76/51 Hotchkiss, 4 x 1 - 57/59 Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 450 TT |
Complement |
70 |
Project history: Typical destroyers of beginning of XX century. They were
designed on the basis of Austro-Hungarian
Hussar class destroyers, but with both TT in aft part and strengthened artillery. On trials
they made 31.8-32.4kts.
Speed of survived ships by 1940 did not exceed 25kts.
Modernizations: (1926-1928, Salamis), Thyella, Sfendoni: - 2 x 1 - 76/51, 4 x 1 - 57/59; + 2 x 1 - 88/327 TK L/30 C/08, 1 x 1 - 40/39 2pdr QF Mk II
Naval service: Nafkratoussa was lost on stones at island Milos in March, 1921. Thyella was sunk 21.4.1941 by German aircraft near Piraeus. Sfendoni was BU right after war.
Thyella 1931
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