List of naval ships of Greece

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This is a list of naval ships of Greece:

Contents 1 Battleships 1.1 Sail battleships 1.2 Early steam battleships 1.3 Pre-dreadnought battleships 1.4 Dreadnought battleships 2 Cruisers 2.1 Sail cruiser 2.2 Armoured cruisers 2.3 Light cruisers 3 Destroyers 3.1 Thyella-class destroyers 3.2 Niki-class destroyers 3.3 Wild Beast class destroyers 3.4 German V class destroyers 3.5 Dardo-class destroyers 3.6 Modified G-class destroyers 3.7 Hunt-class destroyers 3.8 Gearing-class destroyers 4 Frigates 4.1 Sail Frigates 4.2 Knox-class frigates 5 Corvettes 5.1 Flower class corvettes 6 Torpedo Boats 6.1 Alkyoni class torpedo boats 6.2 Kydonia class torpedo boats 7 Others

[edit] Battleships

[edit] Sail battleships

• Emmanuil 64 (ex-Russian Emmanuil, purchased c. 1830)

[edit] Early steam battleships

• Vasilefs Georgios (1867)
• Vasilissa Olga (1869)
• Hydra-class battleships
  • Hydra (1889-1929)
  • Psara (1889-1929)
  • Spetsai (1890-1929)

[edit] Pre-dreadnought battleships

• Mississippi-class battleships (transferred 1914)
  • Limnos (1905) (ex-USS Idaho) - Sunk by German aircraft in 1941
  • Kilkis (1905) (ex-USS Mississippi) - Sunk by German aircraft in 1941

[edit] Dreadnought battleships

• Vasilefs Konstantinos (-) - BU 1914
• Salamis (1914) (taken over by Germany 1914; not completed) - BU 1923

[edit] Cruisers

[edit] Sail cruiser

• Navarhos Miaoulis (1879 - 1931)

[edit] Armoured cruisers

• Georgios Averof (1909 - today) - A Pisa class cruiser, she served as the flagship of the Hellenic Royal Navy during the Balkan Wars, World War I and World War II, now a floating museum at Palaio Faliro.

[edit] Light cruisers

• Elli (1914 - 1940) - Built as the Fei Hung for China, taken over by Greece in 1914, sunk during peacetime by an Italian submarine.
• Elli II (1951 - 1965) - The ex-RN Eugenio di Savoia, given as war reparation for the original Elli to Greece after the Second World War.

[edit] Destroyers

[edit] Thyella-class destroyers

• Thyella (1907 - 1941)
• Nafkratousa (1906 - 1921)
• Lonchi (1907 - 1926)
• Sfendoni (1907 - 1945)

[edit] Niki-class destroyers

• Niki (1906 - 1945)
• Aspis (1907 - 1945)
• Doxa (1906 - 1917)
• Velos (1907 - 1926)

[edit] Wild Beast class destroyers

• Aetos (1912-1945)
• Ierax (1912-1946)
• Leon (1912-1941)
• Panthir (1912-1946)

[edit] German V class destroyers

• Keravnos (1912-1919)
• Nea Genea (1912-1919)

[edit] Dardo-class destroyers

• Hydra (1933 - 1941)
• Spetsai (1933 - 1946)
• Psara (1933 - 1941)
• Kountouriotis (1933 - 1946)

[edit] Modified G-class destroyers

• Vasilefs Georgios (1938 - 1943)
• Vasilissa Olga (1938 - 1943)
• Vasilefs Konstantinos (Scheduled, not constructed due to outbreak of World War II)
• Vasilissa Sofia (Scheduled, not constructed due to outbreak of World War II)

[edit] Hunt-class destroyers

• Adrias (L67) (1942 - 1945) - the ex-HMS Border.
• Kriti (L84) (1943 - 1959) - The ex-HMS Hursley.
• Pindos (L65) - The ex-HMS Bolebroke.
• Kanaris (L53) - The ex-HMS Hatherleigh.
• Miaoulis (L91) - The ex-HMS Modbury.
• Adrias II (L69) (1946 - 1960s) - The ex-HMS Tanatside, acquired as a replacement of the original Adrias.
• Themistoklis (L51) (1942 - 1959) - The ex-HMS Bramham.
• Astings {L81) (1946 - ? ) - The ex-HMS Catterick.

[edit] Gearing-class destroyers

• Themistoklis (D-210) (1970 - 1992) - The ex-USS Frank Knox, named after Themistocles.
• Kanaris (D-212) (1972 - 1993) - The ex-USS Stickell, named after Admiral and multiple Prime Minister Constantine Kanaris.
• Kountouriotis (D-213) (1973 - 1994) - The ex-USS Rupertus, named after the Admiral and later President of Greece, Pavlos Kountouriotis.
• Sachtouris (D-214) (1974 - 1992) - The ex-USS Arnold J. Isbell.
• Tombazis (D-215) (1976 - 1997) - The ex-USS Gurke, named after Iakovos Tombazis, an Admiral of Hydra during the Greek Revolution.
• Apostolis (D-216) (1980 - 1992) - The ex-USS Charles P. Cecil, named after the admiral of Psara during the Greek Revolution.
• Kriezis (D-217) - (1980 - 1993) - The ex-USS Myles C. Fox, named after the Admiral and Prime Minister of Greece (1849–1854), Antonios Kriezis.

[edit] Frigates

[edit] Sail Frigates

• Hellas purchased by Philhellenes during the Revolution from the United States (1828–1831)

[edit] Knox-class frigates

• Makedonia (F-458) (1992-1998) - The ex-USS Vreeland
• Thraki (F-457) (1992-2001) - The ex-USS Trippe
• Ipiros (F-456) (1992-2002) - The ex-USS Connole.

[edit] Corvettes

[edit] Flower class corvettes

• HS Kriezis (ex-Coreopsis)

[edit] Torpedo Boats

[edit] Alkyoni class torpedo boats

• Greek torpedo boat Alkyoni
• Greek torpedo boat Aigli
• Greek torpedo boat Arethousa
• Greek torpedo boat Doris

[edit] Kydonia class torpedo boats

These ships were transferred to Greece from Austria-Hungary as war reparations for World War I

• Greek torpedo boat Kydonia (1919-1941)
• Greek torpedo boat Kios (1919-1941)
• Greek torpedo boat Kyzikos (1919-1941)
• Greek torpedo boat Pergamos (1919-1941)
• Greek torpedo boat Proussa (1919-1941)

[edit] Others

• Mount Othrys, named after Mount Othrys
• Tilemachos, named after Telemachus