Greek destroyer Nea Genea

Nea Genea (Greek: Α/Τ Νέα Γενεά, "New Generation") was a destroyer that served in the Royal Hellenic Navy from 1912–1919. She was originally the German destroyer V-6.

Nea Genea (ex-German V-6)
History
Greece
NameNea Genea
Ordered1911
Laid down1911
Launched29 February 1912
Commissioned1912
Decommissioned1919
FateScrapped
General characteristics
Class and typeV1-class destroyer
Displacement570 tons standard
Length70.20 m (230 ft 4 in)
Beam7.60 m (24 ft 11 in)
Draft3.10 m (10 ft 2 in)
PropulsionAEG-Vulcan 4 coal burning, 2 funnels
Speed32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) maximum
Armament

Service

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The ship, along with one of her six sister ships of V-class destroyers, Keravnos, was ordered from Germany. They were purchased before entering service in the German Navy, from the German shipyard Vulcan AG in Stettin, when the Balkan Wars were underway.

Later, during World War I, Greece belatedly entered the war on the side of the Triple Entente and, due to Greece's neutrality the two ex-German V-class ships were seized by the Allies in October 1916, taken over by the French in November and served in the French Navy from 1917–18. By 1918, they were back on escort duty under Greek colors, mainly in the Aegean Sea.

Nea Genea was stricken in 1919 and scrapped in 1922.

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