Greek destroyer Nafkratousa

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Nafkratousa
History
Greece
Name	Nafkratousa
Ordered	1905
Builder	Yarrow Shipbuilders, Cubitt Town, London
Laid down	1905
Launched	1906
Commissioned	1906
Decommissioned	1921
Fate	wrecked on Milos
General characteristics
Class and type	Thyella class destroyer
Displacement	Standard 350 long tons (360 t)
Length	67.1 m (220 ft)
Beam	6.2 m (20 ft)
Draft	1.8 m (5 ft 11 in)
Propulsion	2 shafts, 6,000 hp (4,500 kW)
Speed	30-knot (56 km/h) maximum
Complement	70
Armament	Gun 2 × 3-inch (8 cm) 12-pounder Hotchkiss Single & Gun 2 × 57-millimetre (2 in) 6-pounder 40cal Hotchkiss QF Single

Nafkratousa (Greek: Ναυκρατούσα) was a Thyella class destroyer that served in the Royal Hellenic Navy (1906-1921).

The ship, along with her three sister ships, was ordered from Britain in 1906 and was built in the Yarrow shipyard at Cubitt Town, London.

During World War I, Greece belatedly entered the war on the side of the Triple Entente and, due to Greece's neutrality the four Thyella class ships were seized by the Allies in October 1916, taken over by the French in November and served in the French Navy 1917–18. By 1918, they were back on escort duty under Greek colors, mainly in the Aegean Sea. Nafkratousa saw action in the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922). During maneuvers in that war, Nafkratousa was run aground on the island of Milos and was lost.

See also[]

• History of the Hellenic Navy