HMS Peony (K40)
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For other ships with the same name, see HMS Peony.
HMS Peony was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. In 1943 she was transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy as RHNS Sachtouris (Greek: ΒΠ Σαχτούρης), serving throughout World War II and the Greek Civil War. She was returned to the Royal Navy in 1951 and scrapped in April 1952.
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Sachtouris underway in September 1943, shortly after her transfer to the Royal Hellenic Navy. | |
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United Kingdom | |
Name | HMS Peony |
Builder | Harland and Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
Yard number | 1066[1] |
Laid down | 24 February 1940 |
Launched | 4 June 1940 |
Completed | 2 August 1940[1] |
Commissioned | 2 August 1940 |
Out of service | Transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1943 |
Renamed | Sachtouris on transfer |
Reinstated | Returned to the Royal Navy in September 1951 |
Identification | Pennant number: K40 |
Fate | Scrapped 21 April 1952 |
Kingdom of Greece | |
Name | Sachtouris |
Namesake | Georgios Sachtouris |
Acquired | 1943 |
Out of service | September 1951 |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Flower-class corvette |
Displacement | 925 long tons (940 t) |
Length | 205 ft (62 m) |
Beam | 33 ft (10 m) |
Draught | 11 ft 6 in (3.51 m) |
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Speed | 16 knots (30 km/h) at 2,750 hp (2,050 kW) |
Range | 3,500 nmi (6,500 km; 4,000 mi) at 12 knots (22 km/h; 14 mph) |
Complement | 85 |
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