Vasilissa Olga
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The
destroyer D-15 was built in 1938 in Glasgow for the
Royal Hellenic navy. She was put in service in February
1939 as Vasilissa
Olga and participated in operations against
the Italians in 1941. When Germany invaded Greece in
April 1941 she took part in the evacuation of Crete, and
then sailed to Alexandria. Together with British forces
she escorted Allied convoys and after modifications in
India she was again ready for service in early 1942.
Again she did service as an escort and participated
later in the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943. While
she laid at anchor outside the island of Leros
23.September 1943 she was attacked by German JU88 planes
and sunk. 72 men of her crew perished. The wreck rest
today on a depth of 20 to 32 meter in Lakki harbor.
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 Picture: BP Vasille Olga Courtesy of Oocities  Last updated: September 2019 |
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