Greek destroyer Leon (1912)

Destroyer Leon
History
Greece
NameLeon (ΒΠ Λέων)
Namesakelion
Ordered1912
BuilderCammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down1911
Launched1 July 1911
Commissioned1912
Decommissioned15 May 1941
FateSunk at Souda Bay, Crete 1941
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

Leon (Greek: ΒΠ Λέων, "Lion") was an Aetos-class destroyer which served in the Royal Hellenic Navy from 1912–1941.

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