Greek destroyer Miaoulis (L91)

For other ships with the same name, see Greek ship Miaoulis.

Miaoulis (Greek: ΒΠ Μιαούλης) was a Type III Hunt-class destroyer that was originally built for the British Royal Navy as HMS Modbury but never commissioned. Before her completion, she was transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy and commissioned on 25 November 1942 as Miaoulis in order to relieve heavy losses of ships sustained by the Royal Hellenic Navy during the German invasion of 1941. Miaoulis served in the Mediterranean Theatre throughout the Second World War. On 10 October 1943, during the Dodecanese Campaign, she saved the crew of the British destroyer HMS Panther. She served during the Greek Civil War, was returned to the Royal Navy in 1959 and broken up for scrap in 1960.

Miaoulis - ΒΠ Μιαούλης (L91)
History
United Kingdom
Name	Modbury
Builder	Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne)
Laid down	5 August 1941
Launched	13 April 1942
Greece
Name	Miaoulis - ΒΠ Μιαούλης
Namesake	Andreas Miaoulis
Commissioned	25 November 1942
Decommissioned	1959
Identification	Pennant number: L91
Fate	Returned to UK and sold for scrap in 1960
General characteristics
Class and type	Type III Hunt-class destroyer
Displacement	Full load 1,490 tons Standard 1,050 tons
Length	85.3 m (280 ft)
Beam	11.4 m (37 ft)
Draft	2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Propulsion	Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3 drum boilers, Engines: 2 shaft Parsons turbine, Shafts: 2 (twin screw ship), Power: 19,000 shp, (14.2 MW)
Speed	26-knot (48 km/h) maximum 20-knot (37 km/h) maximum operational
Range	2,350 nautical miles (4,350 km) at 20.0 knots (37 km/h)
Complement	170
Armament	4 × 4-inch (102 mm) (2 × 2) guns, one 4 × 40 mm A/A QF 2-pounder pompom gun, 3 × 20 mm A/A, 2 × 21-inch (533 mm) T/T, one depth charge track

Publications

• Colledge, J. J.; Warlow, Ben (2006) [1969]. Ships of the Royal Navy: The Complete Record of all Fighting Ships of the Royal Navy (Rev. ed.). London: Chatham Publishing. ISBN 978-1-86176-281-8.

External links

• RHS Miaoulis (L 91) at UBoat.net