Greek destroyer Aetos (1912)

Destroyer Aetos
History
Greece
Name
  • Aetos
  • Α/Τ Άετός
Namesakeeagle
BuilderCammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down1911
Launched19 September 1911
Acquired1912
Commissioned1912
Decommissioned1945
FateBroken up
General characteristics
Class & typeAetos-class destroyer
Displacement880 tons standard
Length89.4 m (293 ft)
Beam8.3 m (27 ft)
Draft3 m (9.8 ft)
Propulsion
  • 5 × Foster Wheeler boilers (4 coal-fired and 1 oil-fired), replaced by Yarrow oil-fired boilers in 1925
  • 5 funnels
  • combined Parsons and Curtis steam turbines
Speed31 knots (57 km/h) maximum (32 knots (59 km/h) after 1925)
Complement58
Armament

Aetos (Greek: Α/Τ Άετός, "Eagle") was an Aetos-class destroyer which served in the Royal Hellenic Navy from 1912 to 1945.

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