Greek destroyer Spetsai - Misplaced Pages

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History

Greece
Namesake	Spetses Island
Builder	Cantieri Odero
Launched	1932
Commissioned	1933
Decommissioned	1946
Identification	D-83
Fate	Stricken 1946
General characteristics
Class and type	Kountouriotis-class destroyer
Displacement	Full load 2,050 tons Standard 1,389 tons
Length	92 m (302 ft)
Beam	9.5 m (31 ft)
Draft	3.65 m (12.0 ft)
Propulsion	Boilers: 3, Engines: 2 shaft Parsons type geared turbines, Power: 44,000 hp
Speed	38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) maximum
Complement	156
Armament	4 × 4.7 in (120 mm) (4 × 1) 3 × 40 mm/39 pom-pom A/A guns (3 × 1) 4 × 13.2 mm MG 6 × 21 in T/T 54 mines

The Greek destroyer Spetsai (D-83) (Greek: ΒΠ Σπέτσαι) was a Greek destroyer of the Kountouriotis class, which served with the Hellenic Navy during the Second World War. It was named after the Saronic Gulf island of Spetses, which played an important role in the Greek War of Independence, and was the fourth ship to bear this name.

She was constructed in Sestri Ponente, Italy, by Cantieri Odero, and commissioned by the Hellenic Navy in 1933. After the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War, she participated in the naval operations, among which was the third naval raid against Italian shipping in the Strait of Otranto (4–5 January 1941). During the German invasion of Greece, along with several other ships, she managed to flee to Alexandria. After undergoing repairs and modernization in Calcutta, she returned to escort duties in the Mediterranean Sea, with the British pennant number H 38. She returned to Greece after liberation in October 1944 and was decommissioned in 1946.

References

Hellenic Navy: HS Spetsai (D-83) (in Greek)

v t e Freccia-class destroyers
Regia Marina	Freccia Dardo Strale Saetta
Kriegsmarine	TA31 (ex-Dardo)
Royal Hellenic Navy Kountouriotis class	Psara Hydra Spetsai Kountouriotis
Preceded by: Navigatori class Followed by: Folgore class
List of destroyers of Italy List of destroyers of the Royal Hellenic Navy

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