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Greek destroyer Sfendoni (1907)

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152: 31: 424:, executing escort missions for cargo ships carrying ammunition, fuel and food to Allied forces. In between escort missions, attack operations of limited scale were planned and executed without any losses to the Hellenic Navy. After the German invasion of Greece in April 1941, the Royal Hellenic Navy suffered serious losses, but 132: 602: 388:
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
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Gun 2 × 3-inch (8 cm) 12-pounder Hotchkiss Single & Gun 2 × 57-millimetre (2 in) 6-pounder 40cal Hotchkiss QF Single
81: 541: 354:(1907-1945). It was the second ship of that name in the Hellenic Navy, but the first destroyer-type vessel bearing the name. 52: 520: 398: 63: 449: 527: 41: 506: 341: 259: 88: 592: 362: 193: 17: 487: 429: 421: 433: 381: 358: 337: 576: 351: 409: 244: 377: 366: 197: 30: 417: 390: 347: 175: 500: 131: 370: 201: 405: 486:. Annapolis, Maryland: Naval Institute Press. pp. 382–387. 504: 357:
The ship, along with her three sister ships, was ordered from
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Mach, Andrzej V. (1985). "Greece". In Gray, Randal (ed.).
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evacuated with the remaining ships of the Greek fleet to
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command for the duration of the war. After the war,
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Ensign of the Hellenic Royal Navy
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Cubitt Town
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Thyella class destroyer
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