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HELLENIC NAVY (GREECE)

OTHER FIGHTING SHIPS

AFROESSA gunboats (1856-1858)

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Αφροεσσα [Afroessa]     UK     1857 hulk 1904
Πανοπη [Panopi]     UK     1856 lost 1856
Πληξαυρα [Plixavra]     UK     1857 sold 1926
Σφενδονη [Sfendoni], 1862- Ναύπλιον [Nafplion]     UK     1858 discarded 1896

 

Displacement normal, t

380

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

38.0

Breadth, m

6.99

Draught, m

2.69

No of shafts

1

Machinery

 

Power, h. p.

160

Max speed, kts

9

Fuel, t

coal 55
Endurance, nm(kts)  

Armament

4 - 6 guns

Complement  

Project history: Iron-hulled screw gunboats.

Modernizations: 1880s, all were armed with 1 x 1 - 87/22 RK L/24 C/75

Naval service: No significant events.

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