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RHS Navarinon (H 23)

Destroyer of the E class


Navarinon.

Photo with thanks to D. Kamakaris.

NavyThe Royal Hellenic Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassE 
PennantH 23 
Built byWilliam Denny & Brothers (Dumbarton, Scotland) 
Ordered 
Laid down20 Mar, 1933 
Launched16 Feb, 1934 
Commissioned5 Apr, 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryOriginally British destroyer HMS Echo transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy on 5 April 1944. Returned to the Royal Navy in April 1956 and sold to be broken up for scrap in the same month. 
Former nameHMS Echo

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