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Greek destroyer Kanaris

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Name
  
Hatherleigh

Name
  
Kanaris - ΒΠ Κανάρης

Commissioned
  
27 July 1942

Length
  
85 m

Laid down
  
12 December 1940

Namesake
  
Konstantinos Kanaris

Launched
  
18 December 1941

Builder
  
Vickers Armstrong (Newcastle upon Tyne)

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.

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. OCLC 67375475. 
  • English, John (1987). The Hunts: a history of the design, development and careers of the 86 destroyers of this class built for the Royal and Allied Navies during World War II. England: World Ship Society. ISBN 0-905617-44-4.

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    Greek destroyer Kanaris Wikipedia
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