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APOSTOLIS corvettes

Sakhtouris 1942

Name No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
Κριεζής <Kriezis> (ex-Coreopsis)   Inglis, Glasgow, UK 9/1939 23/5/1940 8/1940 // 11/1943 to United Kingdom 9/1951, BU
Αποστόλης <Apostolis> (ex-Hyacinth)   Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK 4/1940 19/8/1940 10/1940 // 10/1943 to United Kingdom 1959, BU
Σαχτούρης <Sakhtouris> (ex-Peony)   Harland & Wolff, Belfast, UK 2/1940 4/6/1940 8/1940 // 6/1942 to United Kingdom 9/1951, BU
Τομπάζης <Tompazis> (ex-Tamarisk, ex-Ettrick)   Fleming & Ferguson, Paisley, UK 2/1941 28/7/1941 12/1941 // 11/1943 to United Kingdom 1959, BU

 

Displacement standard, t

925

Displacement full, t

1170

Length, m

57.9 pp 62.5 oa

Breadth, m

10.1

Draught, m

4.14 deep load

No of shafts

1

Machinery

VTE, 2 cylindrical boilers

Power, h. p.

2750

Max speed, kts

16.5

Fuel, t

Kriezis, Apostolis, Sakhtouris: oil 230

Tompazis: oil 337

Endurance, nm(kts)

3500(12)

Armament

Kriezis, Tompazis: 1 x 1 - 102/45 BL Mk IX, 1 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (40)

Apostolis, Sakhtouris: 1 x 1 - 76/40 QF Mk I HA, 1 x 1 - 40/39 pompom, 4 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon, 2 DCT, 2 DCR (40)

Sensors

type 286, 290 radars, sonar

Complement

109

Ship project history: British Flower class corvettes, transferred to Greece after RN service.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Apostolis 1950

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