Thyella-class destroyer facts for kids
A silhouette of a Thyella-class destroyer
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Quick facts for kids Class overview |
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| Name: | Thyella class |
| Succeeded by: | Aetos class |
| Completed: | 4 |
| Retired: | 4 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Destroyer |
| Displacement | 350 tonnes |
| Length | 67.1 m (220.1 ft) |
| Beam | 6.2 m (20.3 ft) |
| Draught | 1.8 m (5.9 ft) |
| Speed | 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
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The Thyella class was a group of four special warships called destroyers. These ships were ordered by the Royal Hellenic Navy (that's the navy of Greece) before World War I. Greece wanted to make its navy stronger after a war they had in 1897.
These four ships were built in Britain starting in 1905. They were some of the last ships made at the Yarrow Shipbuilders shipyard in Cubitt Town, London, before the company moved its operations.
The four destroyers in this class were: Lonchi, Nafkratousa, Sfendoni, and Thyella.
Ships of the Thyella Class
This table shows the names of the ships and what happened to them.
| Ship | Built in | Launched in | Finished in | What happened to it |
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| Nafkratousa (Ναυκρατούσα) | 1905 | 1906 | 1906 | Got stuck on the island of Milos in March 1921 and was badly damaged. |
| Thyella (Θύελλα, "Storm") | 1905 | 1907 | 1907 | Was bombed and sunk by German planes (the Luftwaffe) on April 21, 1941. |
| Lonchi (Λόγχη, "Spear") | 1905 | 1907 | 1907 | Was taken out of service in 1926 and taken apart for scrap in 1931. |
| Sfendoni (Σφενδόνη, "Sling") | 1905 | 1907 | 1907 | Was taken out of service after 1945. |
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