Thyella-class destroyer

	A silhouette of a Thyella-class destroyer
Class overview
Name	Thyella class
Succeeded by	Aetos class
Completed	4
Retired	4
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	350 tonnes
Length	67.1 m (220.1 ft)
Beam	6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Draught	1.8 m (5.9 ft)
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Armament	2 × 12-pounder (76 mm) guns; 4 × 6-pounder (57 mm) guns; 2 × 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes;

The Thyella class of destroyers were ordered by the Royal Hellenic Navy before World War I, when the Greek government embarked on a naval buildup after losing the Greco-Turkish War of 1897. These four ships were ordered from Britain in 1905, and were among the last vessels built at the Yarrow shipyard at Cubitt Town, London, before its move to the Clyde.

The class consisted of four destroyers: Lonchi, Nafkratousa, Sfendoni and Thyella.

Design

Ship	Laid down	Launched	Completed	Fate
Nafkratousa (Ναυκρατούσα)	1905	1906	1906	Run aground and wrecked on the island of Milos in March 1921
Thyella (Θύελλα, "Storm")	1905	1907	1907	Bombed and sunk by the Luftwaffe, April 21, 1941^[1]
Lonchi (Λόγχη, "Spear")	1905	1907	1907	Decommissioned in 1926 and broken up in 1931
Sfendoni (Σφενδόνη, "Sling")	1905	1907	1907	Decommissioned after 1945

v t e Greek naval ship classes of World War I
Dreadnought battleships	Vasilefs Konstantinos ^S^X Salamis ^S^X
Pre-dreadnought battleships	Mississippi
Armoured cruisers	Georgios Averof ^S
Light cruisers	Antinavarchos Kountouriotis ^X
Protected cruisers	Elli ^S
Destroyers	Thyella Niki Aetos Kriti ^X V1
Torpedo boats	Antalya Alkyoni
Submarines	Delfin
Other	Hydra Navarchos Miaoulis ^S
S Single ship of class X Cancelled

v t e Greek naval ship classes of World War II
Armoured cruisers	Georgios Averof ^S
Protected cruisers	Elli ^S
Destroyers	Thyella Niki Aetos Kondouriotis Vasilefs Georgios Hunt^UK Salamis^S^UK Navarinon^S^UK
Corvettes	Flower^UK
Torpedo boats	Alkyoni Kydonia
Submarines	Katsonis Protefs Matrozos^S^UK V^UK
Minelayers	Paralos^S Pleias^S Aliakmon
Other	Mississippi Fairmile B^UK Chasers A 1 A 32^S Vasilefs Georgios II^S^US Minesweepers Kassos^US
S Single ship of class UK From the United Kingdom US From the United States

Class overview
A silhouette of a Thyella-class destroyer
Name	Thyella class
Succeeded by	Aetos class
Completed	4
Retired	4
General characteristics
Type	Destroyer
Displacement	350 tonnes
Length	67.1 m (220.1 ft)
Beam	6.2 m (20.3 ft)
Draught	1.8 m (5.9 ft)
Speed	30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Armament	2 × 12-pounder (76 mm) guns 4 × 6-pounder (57 mm) guns 2 × 457 mm (18 in) torpedo tubes

Thyella-class destroyers
Lonchi Nafkratousa Sfendoni Thyella
List of naval ships of Greece Decommissioned Hellenic Navy ships