Greek destroyer Nafkratousa

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

Nafkratousa
History
Ensign of the Hellenic Royal NavyGreece
NameNafkratousa
Ordered1905
BuilderYarrow Shipbuilders, Cubitt Town, London
Laid down1905
Launched1906
Commissioned1906
Decommissioned1921
FateWrecked on Milos
General characteristics
Class and typeThyella class destroyer
DisplacementStandard 350 long tons (360 t)
Length67.1 m (220 ft)
Beam6.2 m (20 ft)
Draft1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Propulsion2 shafts, 6,000 hp (4,500 kW)
Speed30-knot (56 km/h) maximum
Complement70
ArmamentGun 2 × 3-inch (8 cm) 12-pounder Hotchkiss Single & Gun 2 × 57-millimetre (2 in) 6-pounder 40cal Hotchkiss QF Single

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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