| Career (United Kingdom) | |
|---|---|
| Name: | HMS Modbury (L91) |
| Builder: | Swan Hunter and Wigham Richardson Ltd. (Wallsend-on-Tyne) |
| Laid down: | 5 August 1941 |
| Launched: | 13 April 1942 |
| Career (Greece) | |
| Name: | Miaoulis - ΒΠ Μιαούλης (L91) |
| Namesake: | Andreas Miaoulis |
| Commissioned: | 25 November 1942 |
| Decommissioned: | 1959 |
| Fate: | returned to UK and sold for scrap in 1960 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Hunt III class destroyer |
| Displacement: | Full load 1,490 tons Standard 1,050 tons |
| Length: | 85.3 m (279.85 ft) |
| Beam: | 11.4 m (37.40 ft) |
| Draft: | 2.4 m (7.87 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Boilers: 2 Admiralty 3 drum boilers, Engines: 2 shaft Parsons turbine, Shafts: 2 (twin screw ship), Power: 19,000 shp, (14.2 MW) |
| Speed: | 26-knot (48 km/h) maximum 20-knot (37 km/h) maximum operational |
| Range: | 2,350 nautical miles (4,350 km) at 20.0 knots (37 km/h) |
| Complement: | 170 |
| Armament: | 4×4-inch (102 mm) (2×2) guns, one 4×40 mm A/A QF 2pdr pompom gun, 3×20 mm A/A, 2×21-inch (533 mm) T/T, one depth charge track |
Miaoulis (Greek: ΒΠ Μιαούλης) was a Hunt III class destroyer that was originally built for the British Royal Navy as HMS Modbury (L91) but never commissioned. Before her completion, she was transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy and commissioned on 25 November 1942 as Miaoulis (L91) in order to relieve heavy losses of ships sustained by the Royal Hellenic Navy during the German invasion of 1941. Miaoulis served in the Mediterranean Theatre throughout the Second World War. On 10 October 1943, during the Dodecanese Campaign, she saved the crew of HMS Panther (G41). She served during the Greek Civil War, was returned to the Royal Navy in 1959 and broken up for scrap in 1960.
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