Hellenic Navy — Destroyer
1907
Greek destroyer Aspis (1907)
Service
- as Aspis? — 19452,193 days of the war
Niki-class destroyer
Particulars
- Name
- Aspis
- Pennant / hull number
- 1907
- Ordered
- 1905
- Laid down
- 1905
- Launched
- 3 April 1907
- Decommissioned
- 1945
- Fate
- Broken up
- Status
- Scrapped
Specifications
- Displacement, standard
- 350 long tons (356 t)
- Length
- 67 m (219.8 ft)
- Beam
- 6.1 m (20 ft)
- Draught
- 2.7 m (8.9 ft)
- Speed
- 30 knots (55.6 km/h, 34.5 mph)
- Main gun
- 76 mm (3 in)
Aspis was a Niki-class destroyer of the Hellenic Navy. She carried the pennant number 1907. Her keel was laid in 1905. She was launched on 3 April 1907.
Her class ran to two ships. The class followed the none and was succeeded by the Aetos-class destroyer.
Displacement was 350 long tons. She measured 67 m (220 ft) long with a beam of 6.1 m (20 ft). Her designed speed was 30 knots.
Her main battery was two 76 mm (3 in) guns. Her machinery developed 6,800 hp through two shafts.
She was in commission for 2,193 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
- 2 shafts
- Power
- 6800 hp
- Armament
- 2 × 3 in 12-pounder Hotchkiss
- 4 × 57 mm 6-pounder/40cal Hotchkiss QF
- 2 × 18 in torpedo tubes
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Greek destroyer Aspis (1907) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Unknown author — http://www.hellasarmy.gr/hn_unit.php?id=DD-NIKI-03 > — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons