NAVYPEDIA

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Ναυμάχος [Navmachos] (ex-Lightfoot)	39, 1961- M64, 1965- A64		Redfern, Toronto, Canada	8.1942	14.11.1942	10.1943 // 8.1947	transport 1965, stricken 12.1973
Πολεμιστής [Polemistis] (ex-Gozo)	40, 1961- M74, 1965- A74		Redfern, Toronto, Canada	8.1942	27.1.1943	10.1943 // 8.1947	transport 1965, stricken 12.1973
Πυρπολητής [Pyrpolitis] (ex-Arcturus)	41, 1961- M76, 1965- A76		Redfern, Toronto, Canada	2.1942	31.8.1942	10.1943 // 10.1947	transport 1965, stricken 2.1978
Αρματωλός [Armatolos] (ex-Aries)	42, 1961- M12, 1965- A12		Toronto SB, Canada	3.1942	19.9.1942	7.1943 // 7.1948	transport 1965, stricken 2.1976
Μαχητής [Machitis] (ex-Postillion)	M58, 1965- A58		Redfern, Toronto, Canada	11.1942	18.3.1943	11.1943 // 3.1951	transport 1965, stricken 2.1974

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1030
Displacement full, t	1325
Length, m	68.6
Breadth, m	10.8
Draught, m	3.28 deep load (3.99 by screws)
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	2400
Max speed, kts	16.5
Fuel, t	oil 230 - 239
Endurance, nm(kts)	6000(12)
Armament	1 x 1 - 102/45 HA Mk III, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (90 - 92 in ASW role), mechanical, magnetic, acoustic minesweeping gear
Electronic equipment	type 271 or type 272, type 291 (some) radars, type 128 sonar
Complement	138

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Project history

Former Canadian built Algerine class fleet minesweepers, built for the USN and supplied to the RN under lend-lease. All were transferred to Greece for use as corvettes. By the late 1960s all were used mainly as transports, also Armatalos as lighthouse tender, Machitis and Polemistis as TS and Pyrpolitis as command ship for amphibious operations.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

 No significant events.