NIKI destroyers (1906 - 1907 / 1916)

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Name	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Niki (ex-Νίκη [Niki])	268	Vulcan, Stettin, Germany	1905	30.5.1906	1906 // 12.1916	to Greece late 1918 (Νίκη [Niki])
Doxa (ex-Δόξα [Doxa])	269	Vulcan, Stettin, Germany	1905	18.7.1906	1906 // 12.1916	sunk 27.6.1917
Aspis (ex-Ασπίς [Aspis])	272	Vulcan, Stettin, Germany	1905	3.4.1907	1907 // 12.1916	to Greece late 1918 (Ασπίς [Aspis])
Velos (ex-Βέλος [Velos])	273	Vulcan, Stettin, Germany	1905	8.5.1907	1907 // 12.1916	to Greece late 1918 (Βέλος [Velos])

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	275
Displacement full, t	350
Length, m	67.0
Breadth, m	6.60
Draught, m	2.70
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 4 Marine boilers
Power, h. p.	6800
Max speed, kts	30
Fuel, t	coal 90
Endurance, nm(kts)	1200(15)
Armament	2 x 1 - 76/51 14pdr Hotchkiss, 4 x 1 - 57/59 6pdr Hotchkiss, 2 x 1 - 450 TT
Complement	58

Standard scale images

Aspis 1910

Project history

A Niki class of 4 destroyers was ordered simultaneously with order on 4 destroyers of Thyella class for Yarrow. As a whole both classes were identical, but German-built ships differed by three-funneled outline profile and lower cost (1,250,000 francs for all four ships instead of 1,325,000). In 1916 all four of class were captured by French troops and till the end of First World War served under French flag.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service