Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Royal Navy — Destroyer L67

Greek destroyer Adrias (L67)

Type III Hunt-class destroyer

Greek destroyer Adrias (L67)
Royal Navy Official Photographer — This photograph FL192 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — L67 The Greek Navy during the Second World War HHMS Adrias , on the river Tyne

Service

  1. Royal Navy as Border2,193 days of the war
  2. Hellenic Navy as Adrias - ΒΠ Αδρίας5 August 1942 — 19451,124 days of the war
Type III Hunt-class destroyer Particulars
Name
Adrias
Pennant / hull number
L67
Namesake
Border Hunt
Builder
Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom
Laid down
1 May 1941
Launched
3 February 1942
Commissioned
5 August 1942
Decommissioned
1945
Fate
Returned to UK and sold for scrap
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,050 long tons (1,067 t)
Displacement, full load
1,490 long tons (1,514 t)
Length
85.3 m (279.9 ft)
Beam
11.4 m (37.4 ft)
Draught
2.4 m (7.9 ft)
Speed
26 knots (48.2 km/h, 29.9 mph)
Range
2,350 nmi (4,352 km)
Complement
170
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

Adrias was a Type III Hunt-class destroyer in service with the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number L67. The ship was named after Border Hunt. Her keel was laid at Swan Hunter, Tyne and Wear, United Kingdom on 1 May 1941. She entered service on 5 August 1942, having been launched on 3 February 1942.

She displaced 1,050 long tons standard and 1,490 long tons at full load. She measured 85.3 m (280 ft) long with a beam of 11.4 m (37 ft). Her designed speed was 26 knots, and she carried a complement of 170.

Her main battery was four 102 mm (4 in) guns.

She served with the Royal Navy as Border. She then passed to the Hellenic Navy, serving as Adrias - ΒΠ Αδρίας from 5 August 1942. She was in commission for 3,317 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in 1945.

She was broken up for scrap.

Written from the harvested record. Every figure above is sourced; the wording is this site's own.

Armament and machinery

Armament and machinery
Propulsion
  • Boilers: 2 Admiralty three-drum boilers, Engines: 2 shaft Parsons turbine, Shafts: 2 (twin screw ship), Power: 19,000 shp, (14.2 MW)
Armament
  • 4 × 4 in (2 × 2) guns, one 4 × 40 mm A/A QF 2-pounder pompom gun, 3 × 20 mm A/A, 2 × 21-inch (533 mm) T/T, one depth charge track

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from Greek destroyer Adrias (L67) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy Official Photographer — This photograph FL192 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons