Greek destroyer Miaoulis (L91)

Miaoulis (Greek: ΒΠ Μιαούλης) was a Type III Hunt-class destroyer that was originally built for the British Royal Navy as HMS Modbury but never commissioned. Before her completion, she was transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy and commissioned on 25 November 1942 as Miaoulis in order to relieve heavy losses of ships sustained by the Royal Hellenic Navy during the German invasion of 1941. Miaoulis served in the Mediterranean Theatre throughout the Second World War. On 10 October 1943, during the Dodecanese Campaign, she saved the crew of the British destroyer HMS Panther. She served during the Greek Civil War, was returned to the Royal Navy in 1959 and broken up for scrap in 1960.[1]

Miaoulis - ΒΠ Μιαούλης (L91)
History
United Kingdom
NameModbury
BuilderSwan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne)
Laid down5 August 1941
Launched13 April 1942
Greece
NameMiaoulis - ΒΠ Μιαούλης
NamesakeAndreas Miaoulis
Commissioned25 November 1942
Decommissioned1959
IdentificationPennant number: L91
FateReturned to UK and sold for scrap in 1960
General characteristics
Class and typeType III Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement
  • Full load 1,490 tons
  • Standard 1,050 tons
Length85.3 m (280 ft)
Beam11.4 m (37 ft)
Draft2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
PropulsionBoilers: 2 Admiralty 3 drum boilers, Engines: 2 shaft Parsons turbine, Shafts: 2 (twin screw ship), Power: 19,000 shp, (14.2 MW)
Speed
  • 26-knot (48 km/h) maximum
  • 20-knot (37 km/h) maximum operational
Range2,350 nautical miles (4,350 km) at 20.0 knots (37 km/h)
Complement170
Armament4 × 4-inch (102 mm) (2 × 2) guns, one 4 × 40 mm A/A QF 2-pounder pompom gun, 3 × 20 mm A/A, 2 × 21-inch (533 mm) T/T, one depth charge track

References

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  1. ^ Raymond V B Blackman (ed.). Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd. p. 112.

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