HMS Peony (K40)
Sachtouris underway in September 1943, shortly after her transfer to the Royal Hellenic Navy. | |
| History | |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | |
| Name | HMS Peony |
| Builder | Harland & Wolff, Belfast, Northern Ireland |
| Yard number | 1066 |
| Laid down | 24 February 1940 |
| Launched | 4 June 1940 |
| Completed | 2 August 1940 |
| 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 & 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) |
| Propulsion |
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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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HMS Peony was a Flower-class corvette of the Royal Navy. In 1943 she was transferred to the Royal Hellenic Navy (Greek 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.