Recognition Guide Warships of the Second World War
Hellenic Navy — Destroyer L51

Greek destroyer Themistoklis (L51)

Type II Hunt-class destroyer

Greek destroyer Themistoklis (L51)
Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 2844 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons Plate — L51 Photograph of British Hunt class destroyer HMS Brahmam , on the River Clyde.

Service

  1. Royal Navy as HMS Bramham16 June 1942 — March 1943285 days of the war
  2. Hellenic Navy as Themistoklis1943 — 1959975 days of the war
Type II Hunt-class destroyer Particulars
Name
HMS Themistoklis
Pennant / hull number
L51
Builder
Alexander Stephen and Sons
Ordered
4 September 1940
Laid down
7 April 1941
Launched
29 January 1942
Commissioned
16 June 1942
Decommissioned
March 1943
Struck
12 November 1959
Fate
Returned to Royal Navy, 12 November 1959 and scrapped 1960 (1959)
Status
Scrapped

Specifications

Displacement, standard
1,050 long tons (1,067 t)
Displacement, full load
1,490 long tons (1,514 t)
Length
85.34 m (280 ft)
Beam
9.62 m (31.6 ft)
Draught
2.51 m (8.2 ft)
Speed
25.5 knots (47.2 km/h, 29.3 mph)
Range
3,600 nmi (6,667 km)
Complement
164
Main gun
102 mm (4 in)

HMS Themistoklis was a Type II Hunt-class destroyer, operated by the Royal Navy. She carried the pennant number L51. Alexander Stephen and Sons laid her keel on 7 April 1941. Launched on 29 January 1942, she entered service on 16 June 1942.

Displacement was 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 9.6 m (32 ft). Her designed speed was 25.5 knots, and she carried a complement of 164. Her main battery was of 102 mm (4.0 in) calibre.

She served with the Royal Navy as HMS Bramham until March 1943. She then passed to the Hellenic Navy, serving as Themistoklis from 1943. She was in commission for 1,260 days of the Second World War. She was decommissioned in March 1943. She was struck from the register on 12 November 1959.

She was broken up for scrap on 12 November 1959.

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 shaft Parsons geared turbines; 19,000 shp
Armament
  • 6 × QF 4 in Mark XVI on twin mounts Mk. XIX
  • AAA - 2 × 4 12.7mm Vickers, 2 × 20 mm
  • 6 Thornycroft depth charge throwers

Sister ships

Sources

  • Facts harvested from Greek destroyer Themistoklis (L51) on Wikipedia. Figures only — no wording is taken from it.
  • Photograph: Royal Navy official photographer — This photograph FL 2844 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 8308-29) — Public domain — Wikimedia Commons