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Wild Beast Class Destroyers (1912): Greek Destroyer Leon, Greek Destroyer Ierax, Greek Destroyer Panthir, Greek Destroyer Aetos

Wild Beast Class Destroyers (1912): Greek Destroyer Leon, Greek Destroyer Ierax, Greek Destroyer Panthir, Greek Destroyer Aetos


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Chapters: Greek Destroyer Leon, Greek Destroyer Ierax, Greek Destroyer Panthir, Greek Destroyer Aetos, Wild Beast Class Destroyer. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 18. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Leon (Greek: , "Lion") served in the Hellenic Royal Navy from 19121941. The ship, along with her three sister ships of Wild Beast class destroyers Aetos, Ierax and Panthir was ordered from England. They were purchased ready for delivery, each for the sum of 148,000, from the English shipyards Camell Laird in Liverpool, when the Balkan Wars seemed likely. These ships had originally been ordered by Argentina; Panthir was originally named Tucuman. During the Balkan Wars, the Royal Hellenic Navy purchased only the minimum amount of ammunitions, 3,000 rounds. Torpedoes were not available for this class of ship, and for this reason these ships were initially named 'scouts' rather than 'destroyers'. Leon was in action during the Balkan Wars under Lieutenant Commander J. Razikotsikas, RHN, also on board was Squadron Commander Lieutenant Commander D. Papachristos, RHN. During World War I, Greece belatedly entered the war on the side of the Triple Entente and, due to Greece's neutrality the four 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 1917-18. By 1918, they were back on escort duty under Greek colors, and was in action blockading the coasts of the Black Sea from Bosphorus up to Trebizond. On December 22, 1921, while moored with Ierax in Piraeus harbour they were both severely damaged by the explosion of a depth charge bomb which the crew of Leon was transporting. Two officers, one petty officer and two sailors were killed on Leon and two sailors on Ierax. Leon completely lost her aft section up to h...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=7717052


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  • ISBN-13: 9781159348922
  • Publisher: Books LLC
  • Publisher Imprint: Books LLC
  • Height: 152 mm
  • No of Pages: 20
  • Spine Width: 1 mm
  • Weight: 45 gr
  • ISBN-10: 1159348928
  • Publisher Date: 15 Sep 2010
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Sub Title: Greek Destroyer Leon, Greek Destroyer Ierax, Greek Destroyer Panthir, Greek Destroyer Aetos
  • Width: 229 mm


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