Greek destroyer Kanaris
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| History |
 United Kingdom |
| Name: |
Hatherleigh |
| Builder: |
Vickers Armstrong (Newcastle upon Tyne) |
| Laid down: |
12 December 1940 |
| Launched: |
18 December 1941 |
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| Name: |
Kanaris - ΒΠ Κανάρης |
| Namesake: |
Konstantinos Kanaris |
| Commissioned: |
27 July 1942 |
| Decommissioned: |
1959 |
| Identification: |
pennant number: L53 |
| 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
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| 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
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| 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 |
Kanaris (Greek: ΒΠ Κανάρης) was a Type III Hunt-class destroyer that was originally built for the British Royal Navy as HMS Hatherleigh but never commissioned. Before her completion, she was transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy and commissioned on 27 July 1942 as Kanaris in order to relieve heavy losses of ships sustained by the Royal Hellenic Navy during the German invasion of 1941. Kanaris served throughout the Second World War and during the Greek Civil War. She was returned to the Royal Navy in 1959 and broken up for scrap in 1960.[1]
References
- ↑ Raymond V B Blackman (ed.). Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4,. London: Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd,. p. 112.
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- List of destroyers of the Royal Navy
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