Greek destroyer Thyella (1907)
Service
- 1907 — 1941849 days of the war
- Name
- Thyella
- Pennant / hull number
- 1907
- Namesake
- Storm
- Builder
- Yarrow Shipbuilders, Cubitt Town, London
- Ordered
- 1905
- Laid down
- 1905
- Launched
- 1907
- Commissioned
- 1907
- Decommissioned
- 1941
- Fate
- Sunk by the Luftwaffe on April 21, 1941 (1941)
- Status
- Wreck
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 350 long tons (356 t)
- Length
- 67.1 m (220.1 ft)
- Beam
- 6.2 m (20.3 ft)
- Draught
- 1.8 m (5.9 ft)
- Speed
- 30 knots (55.6 km/h, 34.5 mph)
- Complement
- 70
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Thyella was a Thyella class destroyer in service with the Hellenic Navy. She carried the pennant number 1907. The ship was named after Storm. Yarrow Shipbuilders, Cubitt Town, London laid her keel in 1905. She entered service in 1907, having been launched in 1907.
She was the only ship of her class. The Aetos-class destroyer followed.
Displacement was 350 long tons. She measured 67.1 m (220 ft) long with a beam of 6.2 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 30 knots, and she carried a complement of 70.
Her main battery was two 76 mm (3 in) guns.
She was in commission for 849 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in 1941.
She was sunk on 21 April 1941. The wreck survives.
Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.
Armament and machinery
Armament and machinery
- Propulsion
- 2 shafts, 6,000 hp
- Armament
- Gun 2 × 3 in 12-pounder Hotchkiss Single & Gun 4 × 57 mm 6-pounder 40cal Hotchkiss QF Single
Sources
- Facts harvested from Greek destroyer Thyella (1907) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — National Maritime Museum Reproduction ID: H0704 This version from Flickr : https://www.flickr.com/photos/nationalmaritimemuseum/3681772274 — No restrictions — Wikimedia Commons