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HELLENIC NAVY (GREECE)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS AND CRAFTS

PLEIAS survey vessel / minelayer (1927)

Pleias 1937

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Πλειάς [Pleias]     Breda, Venice, Italy 1926 28.4.1926 2/1927 sunk 25.4.1941

 

Displacement standard, t

520

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

49.4

Breadth, m

8.23

Draught, m

3.81

No of shafts

1

Machinery

1 VTE

Power, h. p.

1000

Max speed, kts

14

Fuel, t

coal 90

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

50 mines

Complement

 

Project history: Pleias was built in 1926-1928 by Breda (Venice) under Greek order as survey vessel with minelaying abilities.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Pleias was sunk 25.4.1941 by German aircraft at S coast of Greece.

Pleias 1931

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