Greek destroyer Leon (1912)

	Destroyer Leon
History
Greece
Name	Leon (ΒΠ Λέων)
Namesake	lion
Ordered	1912
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down	1911
Launched	1 July 1911
Commissioned	1912
Decommissioned	15 May 1941
Fate	Sunk at Souda Bay, Crete 1941
General characteristics
Class and type	Aetos-class destroyer
Displacement	880 tons standard
Length	89.4 m (293 ft)
Beam	8.3 m (27 ft)
Draft	3 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;
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h) maximum (32 knots (59 km/h) after 1925)
Complement	58
Armament	As completed:; 4 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 guns; 1 × 3 in (76 mm) anti-aircraft gun; 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes; 3 × electric search lights; 1925:; 76.2 mm gun removed; 37 mm anti-aircraft gun added; four-barrel 40 mm (1.6 in) gun added; 2 mortars added; Modified for laying 40 mines; 1942:; 3rd and 4th stern torpedo launchers removed; 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) anti-aircraft gun added; 1 × 20 mm Oerlikon gun added; A/S type 123A detection device added;

Leon (Greek: ΒΠ Λέων, "Lion") was an Aetos-class destroyer which served in the Royal Hellenic Navy from 1912–1941.

History
Destroyer Leon
Greece
Name	Leon (ΒΠ Λέων)
Namesake	lion
Ordered	1912
Builder	Cammell Laird, Birkenhead
Laid down	1911
Launched	1 July 1911
Commissioned	1912
Decommissioned	15 May 1941
Fate	Sunk at Souda Bay, Crete 1941
General characteristics
Class and type	Aetos-class destroyer
Displacement	880 tons standard
Length	89.4 m (293 ft)
Beam	8.3 m (27 ft)
Draft	3 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
Speed	31 knots (57 km/h) maximum (32 knots (59 km/h) after 1925)
Complement	58
Armament	As completed: 4 × 4 in (100 mm)/50 guns 1 × 3 in (76 mm) anti-aircraft gun 6 × 21-inch (533 mm) torpedo tubes 3 × electric search lights 1925: 76.2 mm gun removed 37 mm anti-aircraft gun added four-barrel 40 mm (1.6 in) gun added 2 mortars added Modified for laying 40 mines 1942: 3rd and 4th stern torpedo launchers removed 1 × 3-inch (76 mm) anti-aircraft gun added 1 × 20 mm Oerlikon gun added A/S type 123A detection device added