Greek destroyer Psara
Service
- 1 May 1933 — 20 April 1941597 days of the war
- Name
- Psara
- Pennant / hull number
- D-98
- Namesake
- Psara Island
- Builder
- Cantieri Odero
- Launched
- 1932
- Commissioned
- 1 May 1933
- Fate
- Sunk 20 April 20, 1941 (1941)
- Status
- Wreck
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)
Psara was a Kountouriotis-class destroyer in service with the Hellenic Navy. She carried the pennant number D-98. She was named for Psara Island. She was built by Cantieri Odero. She entered service on 1 May 1933, having been launched in 1932.
Four ships of the class were built. The class followed the Navigatori-class destroyer and was succeeded by the Folgore-class destroyer.
Displacement was 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 597 days of the Second World War.
She was sunk on 20 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
- 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
Sister ships
Sources
- Facts harvested from Greek destroyer Psara on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
- Photograph: Pinacotecus — Private collection institution QS:P195,somevalue,P3831,Q768717 — CC BY-SA 4.0 — Wikimedia Commons