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Greek destroyer Miaoulis

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Name
  
Modbury

Name
  
Miaoulis - ΒΠ Μιαούλης

Commissioned
  
25 November 1942

Launched
  
13 April 1942

Laid down
  
5 August 1941

Namesake
  
Andreas Miaoulis

Construction started
  
5 August 1941

Length
  
85 m

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Builder
  
Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne)

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.

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. 

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    Greek destroyer Miaoulis Wikipedia
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