Greek destroyer Kountouriotis (1931)
- 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
- November 1932 — 19462,193 days of the war
- 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.
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; 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
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Greek destroyer Kountouriotis (1931) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.