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ACHELAOS gunboats (1885 / 1916)


Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comm Fate
Acheloos (ex-Αχελώος [Achelaos])     Thames Iron Wks, Blackwall, UK   1884 1885 // 12.1916 to Greece late 1918 (Αχελώος [Achelaos])
Alpheos (ex-Αλφειός [Alpheos])     Thames Iron Wks, Blackwall, UK   1884 1885 // 12.1916 to Greece late 1918 (Αλφειός [Alpheos])
Eurotas (ex-Ευρώτας [Eurotas])     Denny, Dumbarton, UK   1884 1885 // 12.1916 to Greece late 1918 (Ευρώτας [Eurotas])
Peneios (ex-Πηνειός [Peneos])     Denny, Dumbarton, UK   1884 1885 // 12.1916 to Greece late 1918 (Πηνειός [Peneos])


Technical data


Displacement normal, t

Peneos, Eurotas: 420

Achelaos, Alphios: 400

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

44.0

Breadth, m

8.30

Draught, m

3.40

No of shafts

 

Machinery

VC

Power, h. p.

400

Max speed, kts

11

Fuel, t

coal 50

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

Acheloos, Alpheos: 1 x 1 - 152/26 BL Mk III/IV/VI, 1 x 1 - 100/45 M1893

Eurotas: 1 x 1 - 152/26 BL Mk III/IV/VI, 1 x 1 - 100/45 M1893, 4 x 1 - 8.80

Peneios: 4 x 1 - 8.80

Complement

73



Standard scale images


<i>Alpheos </i>1925
Alpheos 1925


Project history

Greek gunboats seized in December 1916 and returned to Greece after Armistice.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

All served in 1916-1918 under French flag.