Navy | The Royal Hellenic Navy |
Type | Escort destroyer |
Class | Hunt (Type III) |
Pennant | L 91 |
Built by | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne, U.K.): Wallsend |
Ordered | 28 Jul 1940 |
Laid down | 5 Aug 1941 |
Launched | 13 Apr 1942 |
Commissioned | 25 Nov 1942 |
End service | |
History | Transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy before completion and renamed Miaoulis. |
Former name | HMS Modbury |
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Notable events involving Miaoulis include:
1 Jan 1943
HrMs O 15 (Lt. A.J. Schouwenaar, RNN) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Quadrant (Lt.Cdr. W.H. Farrington, RN) and Miaoulis. (1)
6 Jan 1943
HrMs O 15 (Lt. A.J. Schouwenaar, RNN) conducted A/S exercises at / off Scapa Flow with HMS Quadrant (Lt.Cdr. W.H. Farrington, RN), HMCS Iroquois (Cdr. W.B.L. Holms, RCN) and Miaoulis. (1)
6 Feb 1943
HMS H 33 (Lt. M.H. Jupp, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with HMS Myosotis (T/Lt. R. Lugg, RNR), HMS Aubretia (Lt. G.D. Fowler, RNR), HMS Poppy (Lt. N.K. Boyd, RNR), HMS Dianella (T/Lt. J.F. Tognola, RNR) and RHS Miaoulis. (2)
7 Feb 1943
HMS H 33 (Lt. M.H. Jupp, DSC, RN) conducted A/S exercises off Lough Foyle with RHS Miaoulis, HMS Poppy (Lt. N.K. Boyd, RNR), HMS Dianella (T/Lt. J.F. Tognola, RNR). (2)
10 Oct 1943
Rescued the crew of the British destroyer HMS Panther (G 41) (3)
Sources
- File 2.12.03.6397 (Dutch Archives, The Hague, Netherlands)
- ADM 173/17779
- Personal communication
ADM numbers indicate documents at the British National Archives at Kew, London.