Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Hellenic Navy — Destroyer 1931

Greek destroyer Kountouriotis (1931)

Kountouriotis-class destroyer

Displacement
1,389 long tons (1,411 t)
Length
92 m (301.8 ft)
Beam
9.5 m (31.2 ft)
Speed
38 knots (70.4 km/h, 43.7 mph)
Complement
156
Main gun
120 mm (4.7 in)

Service

  1. Hellenic NavyNovember 1932 — 19462,193 days of the war
Kountouriotis-class destroyer Particulars
Name
Kountouriotis
Pennant / hull number
1931
Namesake
Pavlos Kountouriotis
Builder
Cantieri Odero
Launched
29 August 1931
Commissioned
November 1932
Decommissioned
1946
Fate
Scrapped, September 1946 (1946)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,389 long tons (1,411 t)
Displacement, full load
2,050 long tons (2,083 t)
Length
92 m (301.8 ft)
Beam
9.5 m (31.2 ft)
Draught
3.65 m (12 ft)
Speed
38 knots (70.4 km/h, 43.7 mph)
Complement
156
Main gun
120 mm (4.7 in)

Kountouriotis was a Kountouriotis-class destroyer, operated by the Hellenic Navy. She carried the pennant number 1931. She was named for Pavlos Kountouriotis. She was built by Cantieri Odero. Launched on 29 August 1931, she entered service in November 1932.

Her class ran to four ships. The class followed the Navigatori-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Folgore-class destroyer.

She displaced 1,389 long tons standard and 2,050 long tons at full load. She measured 92 m (302 ft) long with a beam of 9.5 m (31 ft). Her designed speed was 38 knots, and she carried a complement of 156.

Her main battery was four 119 mm (4.7 in) guns. 44,000 shp drove two shafts.

She was in commission for 2,193 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in 1946.

She was broken up for scrap in September 1946.

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Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • 2 shafts; 2 geared steam turbines
Power
  • 3 × Yarrow boilers
  • 44000 shp
Armament
  • 4 × 4.7 in (120 mm) (4 × 1)
  • 3 × 40 mm A/A guns (3 × 1)
  • 4 × 13.2 mm MG
  • 6 × 21 in torpedo tubes
  • 54 mines

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