Name: | BOREAS |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 22/07/1929 |
Launched: | 18/07/1930 |
Completed: | 20/02/1931 |
Builder: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd |
Yard: | Jarrow |
Yard Number: | 996 |
Dimensions: | 1360disp - 1735disp, 312.0 x 32.25 x 8.5(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, Parsons type, SR geared, 34000shp |
Engines by: | Palmers' Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd, Jarrow |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screw, 35.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 4 x 1 x 4.7ins, 2 x 1 x 2pdr AA guns, 2 x 4 x 21inch torpedoes |
History: | |
08/04/1931 | British Royal Navy |
11/02/1944 | Royal Hellenic Navy; renamed SALAMIS |
04/1952 | Broken up |
Comments: | Member of the B Class; cost £221,156 |
11/02/1944: Transferred on loan to the Royal Hellenic Navy | |
10/06/1951: Returned to the British Royal Navy | |
23/11/1951: Sold for breaking up | |
04/1952: Broken up at Troon by the West of Scotland Shipbreaking Co |
Above photo as BOREAS is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as BOREAS is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
Above photo as BOREAS is courtesy of Kevin Blair. CLICK to enlarge/BACK to return
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