Greek destroyer Ierax (1912)

Destroyer Ierax
History
Greece
NameIerax (ΒΠ Ιέραξ)
Namesakehawk
Ordered1912
BuilderCammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down1911
Launched15 March 1911
Commissioned1912
Decommissioned1946
FateBroken up
General characteristics
Class & typeAetos-class destroyer
Displacement880 tons standard
Length89.4 m (293 ft)
Beam8.3 m (27 ft)
Draft3 m (9.8 ft)
Propulsion
  • 5 × Foster Wheeler boilers (4 coal-fired and 1 oil-fired), replaced by Yarrow oil-fired boilers in 1925
  • 5 funnels
  • combined Parsons and Curtis steam turbines
Speed31 knots (57 km/h) maximum (32 knots (59 km/h) after 1925)
Complement58
Armament

Ierax (Greek: ΒΠ Ιέραξ, "Hawk") was an Aetos-class destroyer which had been built for Argentina as Santa Fe. She served in the Hellenic Royal Navy from 1912 to 1946.