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survey vessel Naftilos (ex-Alpheos) 1931

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comm	Fate
Αχελώος [Achelaos]			Thames Iron Wks, Blackwall, UK		1884	1884	captured by France 12.1916 (Achelaos), returned 12.1918, stricken 1925
Αλφειός [Alpheos]			Thames Iron Wks, Blackwall, UK		1884	1884	captured by France 12.1916 (Alpheos), returned 12.1918, survey vessel 1919
Ευρώτας [Eurotas]			Denny, Dumbarton, UK		1884	1884	captured by France 12.1916 (Eurotas), returned 12.1918, stricken 1925
Πηνειός [Peneos]			Denny, Dumbarton, UK		1884	1885	captured by France 12.1916 (Peneos), returned 12.1918, lighthouse tender 1919

Technical data

Displacement normal, t	Peneos, Eurotas: 420 Achelaos, Alphios: 400
Displacement full, t
Length, m	Peneos, Eurotas: 40.0 pp 41.0 oa Achelaos, Alphios: 40.0 pp 42.0 oa
Breadth, m	Peneos, Eurotas: 7.60 Achelaos, Alphios: 7.40
Draught, m	Peneos, Eurotas: 4.00 Achelaos, Alphios: 3.50
No of shafts
Machinery	VC
Power, h. p.	400
Max speed, kts	Peneos, Eurotas: 10.5 Achelaos, Alphios: 9.8
Fuel, t	coal 50
Endurance, nm(kts)
Armament	Peneos, Eurotas: 2 x 1 - 95/26 Armstrong 20pdr BLR, 3 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss Achelaos, Alphios: 2 x 1 - 95/26 Armstrong 20pdr BLR, 2 x 1 - 37/20 Hotchkiss
Complement	73

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Project history

Iron-hulled screw gunboats.

Modernizations

1895-1897, all: were formerly rebuilt.

Naval service

All served in 1917-1918 under French flag.