Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Hellenic Navy — Destroyer D-83

Greek destroyer Spetsai

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 Navy1933 — 19462,193 days of the war
Kountouriotis-class destroyer Particulars
Name
Spetsai
Pennant / hull number
D-83
Namesake
Spetses Island
Builder
Cantieri Odero
Launched
1932
Commissioned
1933
Decommissioned
1946
Fate
Stricken 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)

Spetsai was a Kountouriotis-class destroyer built for the Hellenic Navy. She carried the pennant number D-83. The ship was named after Spetses Island. She was built by Cantieri Odero. She entered service in 1933, having been launched in 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.

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

She was disposed of in 1946. Nothing of her survives.

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Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • Boilers: 3, Engines: 2 shaft Parsons type geared turbines, Power: 44,000 hp
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

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