Greek destroyer Aetos

Aetos (Greek: / , Eagle) served in the Royal nels and one on the quarterdeck aft with two single Pom
Hellenic Navy from 19121945.
Poms completed the gun armament. Torpedo tubes were
increased to 2 triple mounts and a Vickers director re
control as was tted.

Origin

Aetos participated in the Second World War. After surviving the German invasion of Greece in April 1941, Aetos served under the operational control of the Royal Navy
based in the Indian Ocean, where despite her age she
served with distinction. Further modications included
new anti-aircraft guns, and anti-submarine weapons. After the end of the Second World War, Aetos was stricken
in 1945.

The ship, along with her three sister ships of Wild Beastclass destroyers Ierax, Panthir and Leon, was ordered
from England.[1] They were purchased in 1912, ready for
delivery, each for the sum of 148,000, from the English shipyards Cammell Laird in Birkenhead, when the
Balkan Wars seemed likely. These ships had originally
been ordered by Argentina; Aetos was originally named
San Luis. The four ships were sailing with a non-Greek
crew to Algiers, to meet the requisitioned personnel transport ship Ionia which contained the Greek crews for the
ships. When Aetos entered the Mediterranean she went
adrift due to a serious engine breakdown. By pure coincidence one of the other destroyers passed nearby and
towed Aetos to Algiers.

3 See also
History of the Hellenic Navy

4 References
[1] http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/aetos12_46_en.asp
Hellenic Navy Ocial website.

Service history

During the Balkan Wars, the Royal Hellenic Navy purchased only the minimum amount of ammunition. Torpedoes were not available for this class of ship, and for
this reason these ships were initially named 'scouts rather
than 'destroyers. She was under the command of Commander A. Douroutis, RHN.
During the First World War, Greece belatedly entered the
war on the side of the Triple Entente. Due to Greeces
neutrality, the four Wild Beast-class ships were seized by
the Allies in October 1916, taken over by the French in
November, and served in the French Navy from 191718. By 1918, they were back on escort duty under Greek
colors, mainly in the Aegean Sea.
Aetos participated in the evacuation of Greeks from Russia during the Russian Civil War in 1918 and saw action in
the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) in the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea.
After the war, Aetos was extensively rebuilt by the J
Samuel White yard from 19251927 and emerged as a
much more modern unit.[1] Four Yarrow boilers replaced
her ve original units with 5 funnels reduced to two. This
allowed the bridge to be moved further aft reducing spray
and allowed a deckhouse to be built forward of it for a
super ring 4-inch gun. One more gun between the fun1

(2008)

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