Niki-class destroyer
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{{Infobox ship image |Ship image=Thyella-class-silhouette.gif |Ship caption= }} {{Infobox ship class overview |Name=Niki |Builders=AG Vulcan Stettin |Operators={{Navy|Greece}} |Class before=none |Class after={{sclass|Aetos|destroyer|5}} |Subclasses= |Cost= |Built range= |In service range= |In commission range= |Total ships building= |Total ships planned=4 |Total ships completed=4 |Total ships cancelled= |Total ships active= |Total ships laid up= |Total ships lost= |Total ships retired= |Total ships preserved= }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header= |Header caption= |Ship class= |Ship type=Destroyer |Ship tonnage= |Ship displacement=
|Ship length={{convert|67|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|6.1|m|ft|abbr=on}} |Ship height= |Ship draught={{convert|2.7|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship depth= |Ship hold depth= |Ship decks= |Ship deck clearance= |Ship ramps= |Ship ice class= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion= |Ship sail plan= |Ship speed={{convert|30|kn}} |Ship range= |Ship endurance={{convert|1250|nmi|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn|abbr=on}} |Ship test depth= |Ship boats= |Ship capacity= |Ship troops= |Ship complement=58 |Ship crew= |Ship time to activate= |Ship sensors= |Ship EW= |Ship armament=
|Ship armour=2-7.6cm/2-5.7cm/2-45.7cm tt |Ship armor= |Ship aircraft= |Ship aircraft facilities= |Ship notes=Ships in class include: {{ship|Greek destroyer|Niki|1906|2}}, {{ship|Greek destroyer|Aspis|1906|2}}, {{ship|Greek destroyer|Doxa|1906|2}} and {{ship|Greek destroyer|Velos|1907|2}}. }} |
The Niki class of destroyers were ordered by the Royal Hellenic Navy before World War I when the Greek government embarked on a naval buildup after losing the Greco-Turkish War of 1897. These four ships were ordered from Germany in 1905 and were built in the Vulcan shipyard at Stettin.
During World War I, these ships were seized by the French Navy when Greece did not enter the war on the side of the allies, and were returned to the Hellenic Royal Navy in 1917 when Greece declared war.{{Clarify|Stettin was in Germany, who could the French navy seize anything?|date=June 2011}}
The class consisted of four destroyers: {{ship|Greek destroyer|Niki|1906|2}}, {{ship|Greek destroyer|Aspis|1906|2}}, {{ship|Greek destroyer|Doxa|1906|2}} and {{ship|Greek destroyer|Velos|1907|2}}.
External links
- [http://www.naval-history.net/WW1NavyGreek.htm Naval History]
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