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Elefteron 1953

Ships

Names	Builders	Completed	Losses	Transfers	Discarding
AK242 Δομοκός [Domokos] (ex-ML242) AK295 Δολιανά [Doliana] (ex-ML295) AK307, 1961-  Δοξάτον [Doxation] (ex-ML307) AK341, 1961-  Δράμα [Drama] (ex-ML341) AK478 Καλλίνι [Kallini] (ex-ML478), 1946- Eλευθέρον [Elefteron] AK483, 1961- P254 Καλαμπάκα [Kalambaka] (ex-ML483) AK554 Κάσος [Kassos] (ex-ML554) AK561 Κάρπαθος [Karpatos] (ex-ML561) AK565 Κως [Kos] (ex-ML565) AK569 Τήλος [Tilos] (ex-ML569) AK578, 1961-  Χάλκη [Halki] (ex-ML578) AK580 Καστελόριζο [Kastelorizo] (ex-ML580) AK861, 1961-  Tζαταλτζα [Tzataltza] (ex-ML861) AK864, 1961- P257 Νίσυρος [Nisyros] (ex-ML864), 1950s- Κομοτηνή [Komotini] AK867, 1961-  Καρπενήσι [Karpenisi] (ex-ML867)	Dickie, Bangor & Tarbert, UK: Kos Curtis, Looe or Par, UK: Domokos, Doliana, Doxation, Kassos Jas Miller, St. Monance, UK: Kalambaka, Halki William Weatherhead, Cockenzie, UK: Karpatos Collins, Lowestoft, UK: Drama, Tilos Johnson & Jago, Leigh on Sea, UK: Kastelorizo Thomson & Balfour, Bo`ness, UK: Kallini Thomas Cook, Cairo, Egypt: Tzataltza, Karpenisi Anglo-American Nile Tourist Co., Cairo, Egypt: Nisyros	1941 // 1945: Domokos, Doxation, Drama 1942 // 1945: Kallini, Kassos 1943 // 1945: Tilos, Halki, Kastelorizo 1944 // 1945: Tzataltza, Karpenisi 1941 // 1946: Doliana 1942 // 1946: Kalambaka, Karpatos 1943 // 1946: Kos 1944 // 1947: Nisyros	None	UK, 1952: Doliana (ML2295), Kassos (ML2554), Karpatos (ML2561), Kos (ML2565), Tilos (ML2569), Kastellorizo (ML2580)	1947: Domokos 1960: Elefteron 1961: Doxation, Drama, Halki 1962: Tzataltza, Karpenisi 1964: Kalambaka 1965: Komotini

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	75.5
Displacement full, t	85.6
Length, m	34.8
Breadth, m	5.59
Draught, m	1.45 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 Hall-Scott petrol engines
Power, h. p.	1200
Max speed, kts	18
Fuel, t	petrol 10500 l
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	1 x 1 - 40/56 Bofors Mk I/III, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Oerlikon Mk IV, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 DCT (6), 14 DC or 8 - 9 mines commissioned 1946-1947: 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk III, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 2 x 2 - 7.7/94, 2 DCT(6), 14 DC or 8 - 9 mines
Electronic equipment	type 291U or type 293 radar, type 134 sonar
Complement	16

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Project history

British Fairmile B class patrol launches, transferred to Greece in May-July, 1945 and after war. They were originally used as minesweeping boats.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Nissyros first some years served as royal yacht, then she was also converted to patrol launch and renamed Komotini.