NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Χειμάρρα [Chimarra] (ex-MMS1)			Richards Ironworks, Lowestoft, UK		3.8.1940	11.1940 // 1946	to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1501)
Τεπελένι [Tepelini] (ex-MMS2)			Thornycroft, Hampton, UK		3.10.1940	4.1941 // 1946	to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1546)
Μυκόνιος [Mikonos] (ex-MMS5)			John Morris, Gosport, UK		1940	5.1941 // 1946	to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1505)
Κόρυτσα [Korytsa] (ex-MMS53)			Herd & McKenzie, Buckie, UK		1941	10.1941 // 1946	to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1553)
Αργυρόκαστρο  [Argirokastro] (ex-MMS58)			J. L. Bolson, Poole, UK		1941	4.1942 // 1946	to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1558)
Θηος  [Thios] (ex-MMS143)			Colombo Port Commissioners, Ceylon		5.8.1944	6/1945 // 1946	sold 1947
Τήνος [Tinos] (ex-MMS144)			Colombo Port Commissioners, Ceylon		27.4.1943	10/1944 // 1944	to United Kingdom 1946 (MMS144)
Άνδρος [Andros] (ex-MMS310)			A. Wahbad, Beirut, Lebanon		1944	1944 // 1946	to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1810)
Σύρος [Syros] (ex-MMS313)			A. Wahbad, Beirut, Lebanon		1944	1944 // 1946	to United Kingdom 1951 (MMS1813)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	255
Displacement full, t	295
Length, m	36.4
Breadth, m	7.14
Draught, m	2.67 deep load
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 diesel
Power, h. p.	375 - 500
Max speed, kts	10 - 11
Fuel, t	diesel oil 24 - 26
Endurance, nm(kts)	2400(9.5)
Armament	2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear
Complement	20

Standard scale images

Project history

Diesel-engined coastal minesweepers. Wooden-hulled. All 8 ships were transferred to Greece in 1945 for post-war sweeping.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.