Doxa - Δόξα
History
Greece
NameDoxa
Ordered1905
BuilderStettiner Vulcan AG, Stettin
Laid down1905
Launched18 July 1906
Commissioned1906
FateSunk 27 June 1917, in Straits of Messina
General characteristics
Class and typeNiki-class destroyer
Displacement350 long tons (360 t) standard
Length67 m (219 ft 10 in)
Beam6.1 m (20 ft 0 in)
Draft2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Installed power6,800 hp (5,100 kW)
Propulsion2 shafts
SpeedMaximum 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph)
Armament

The Greek destroyer (τορπιλλοβόλον) Doxa (Greek: Δόξα, "glory"), served in the Royal Hellenic Navy from 1907–1917. She was one of four Niki-class destroyers ordered from Germany in 1905 and was built in the Vulcan shipyard at Stettin.[1]

She saw action in the First Balkan War in 1912–13 under Alexandros Chatzikyriakos. During World War I, Greece did not enter the war on the side of the Triple Entente until 1917 and, due to Greece's neutrality the four Niki-class ships had been seized by the Allies in October 1916, taken over by the French in November and served in the French Navy until 1917. On 27 June 1917, while serving with the French Navy on escort duty,[2] Doxa was attacked and sunk by the Imperial German Navy submarine UB-47 in the Straits of Messina at 38°08′N 15°35′E / 38.133°N 15.583°E / 38.133; 15.583, resulting in 29 deaths.[3][4]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Helgason, Guðmundur. "Ships hit during WWI: Doxa". German and Austrian U-boats of World War I - Kaiserliche Marine - Uboat.net.
  2. ↑ "Greek Navy, World War 1". Archived from the original on 2010-03-28. Retrieved 2012-10-28.
  3. ↑ Spindler, Handelskrieg, Vol IV, p.349
  4. ↑ Randal Gray; Przemyslaw Budzbon (1 May 1985). Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1906-1921. Naval Institute Press. p. 386. ISBN 978-0-87021-907-8. Retrieved 28 October 2012.
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