Greek destroyer Nafkratousa

Nafkratousa
History
Greece
Ordered: 1905
Builder: Yarrow Shipbuilders, Cubitt Town, London
Laid down: 1905
Launched: 1906
Commissioned: 1906
Decommissioned: 1921
Fate: wrecked on Milos
General characteristics
Class & type: Thyella class destroyer
Displacement: Standard 350 tons
Length: 67.1 m (220 ft)
Beam: 6.2 m (20 ft)
Draft: 1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Propulsion: 2 shafts, 6,000 hp
Speed: 30-knot (56 km/h) maximum
Complement: 70
Armament: Gun 2 × 3-inch (8 cm) 12-pounder Hotchkiss Single & Gun 2 × 57-millimetre (2 in) 6-pounder 40cal Hotchkiss QF Single

Nafkratousa (Greek: Ναυκρατούσα) was a Thyella class destroyer that served in the Royal Hellenic Navy (1906-1921).

The ship, along with her three sister ships, was ordered from Britain in 1906 and was built in the Yarrow shipyard at Cubitt Town, London.

During World War I, Greece belatedly entered the war on the side of the Triple Entente and, due to Greece's neutrality the four Thyella class ships were seized by the Allies in October 1916, taken over by the French in November and served in the French Navy 1917-18. By 1918, they were back on escort duty under Greek colors, mainly in the Aegean Sea. Nafkratousa saw action in the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922). During maneuvers in that war, Nafkratousa was run aground on the island of Milos and was lost.

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