History | |
---|---|
Greece | |
Laid down | November 11, 1914 |
Launched | March 8, 1916 |
Acquired | 1919 as war reparation from Austria-Hungary |
Commissioned | 1919 |
Decommissioned | April 4, 1941 |
Fate | Sunk during World War II off Corfu |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | 250t-class torpedo boat |
Displacement | 243 tons standard |
Length | 57.76 m (189.5 ft) |
Beam | 5.8 m (19 ft) |
Draft | 1.5 m (4.9 ft) |
Propulsion |
|
Speed | 31 knots (57 km/h) maximum (32 knots (59 km/h) after 1925) |
Complement | 41 |
Armament |
|
The Greek torpedo boat Proussa (Greek: TA Προύσσα) served in the Royal Hellenic Navy from 1919–1941. Originally the ship was the Austro-Hungarian Fiume-class torpedo boat SMS Tb 94-F. She was named for the ancient Greek city of Proussa (today known as Bursa) located in Anatolia; the city was part of the territory awarded to Greece for joining the side of the allied in the Treaty of Sèvres at the end of World War I.
The ship, along with two sister ships of Fiume-class torpedo boats Panormos and Pergamos was transferred to Greece as a war reparation from the Central Powers in 1919.[1]