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ZG3 Hermes  

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
ZG3, 8.1942- ZG3 Hermes (ex-Βασιλεύς Γεώργιος Α' [Vasilefs Georgios I])			Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK	2.1937	3.3.1938	12.1938 // 3.1942	damaged 30.4.1943, scuttled 7.5.1943

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1414
Displacement full, t	2088
Length, m	98.5 wl 101.2 oa
Breadth, m	10.4
Draught, m	2.34
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 3 Yarrow 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	34000
Max speed, kts	32
Fuel, t	oil 465
Endurance, nm(kts)	4800(19)
Armament	4 x 1 - 128/42 SK C/34, 2 x 2 - 37/80 SK C/30, 5 x 1 - 20/65 C/38, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 2 DCT (30)
Electronic equipment	S-Gerät sonar
Complement	225

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Project history

Ex-Greek destroyer Vasilefs Georgios I. She was similar to British H-class ships, but was equipped with German main guns and fire-control system. She was sunk by German aircraft at Piraeus 20.4.1941, salvaged and after repair commissioned 21.3.1942 as ZG3. In battle conditions destroyer made to 33.6kts.

Modernizations

1944: - 2 x 1 - 20/65; + 2 x 4 - 20/65 C/38

Naval service

30.4.1943 Hermes was damaged by US aircraft and 7.5.1943 scuttled at Tunis.