Greek destroyer Miaoulis (L91) explained
Miaoulis (Greek, Modern (1453-);:
ΒΠ Μιαούλης) was a Type III
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 . She served during the
Greek Civil War, was returned to the Royal Navy in 1959 and broken up for scrap in 1960.
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Notes and References
- Book: Raymond V B Blackman . Jane's Fighting Ships 1963-4 . Sampson Low, Marston & Co. Ltd . London . 112.
