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RHS Salamis (H 77)

Destroyer of the B class

NavyThe Royal Hellenic Navy
TypeDestroyer
ClassB 
PennantH 77 
Built byPalmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd (Jarrow-on-Tyne, U.K.) 
Ordered 
Laid down22 Jul, 1929 
Launched18 Jul, 1930 
Commissioned5 Apr, 1944 
End service 
Loss position
 
HistoryThe British destroyer HMS Boreas was loaned to the Greek Navy as Salamis on 5 April 1944. Returned to the Royal Navy in September 1951. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 23 November 1951. 
Former nameHMS Boreas

Noteable events involving Salamis include:

23 Apr, 1944
During heavy weather in Atlantic Ocean she lost a 3" gun turret with its entire detail


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