Greek torpedo boat Pergamos

The Greek torpedo boat Pergamos (Greek: TA Πέργαμος) served in the Royal Hellenic Navy from 1919–1941. Originally the ship was the Austro-Hungarian 250t-class "F"-group torpedo boat SMS Tb 95-F. She was named for the ancient Greek city of Pergamon (today known as Bergama) located in Anatolia; the city was part of the territory awarded at the end of World War I in the Treaty of Sèvres to Greece for being on the Allied side.

History
Austria-Hungary
Name95 F
BuilderGanz & Danubius
Laid downJanuary 19, 1915
LaunchedMarch 8, 1916
CommissionedJune 17, 1916
Out of service1919
FateAssigned to the Kingdom of Greece
Royal Hellenic Navy ensignGreece
Commissioned1919
DecommissionedApril 25, 1941
FateScuttled at Salamis Island during German invasion of Greece
General characteristics
Displacement243 tons standard
Length57.76 m (189.5 ft)
Beam5.8 m (19 ft)
Draft1.5 m (4.9 ft)
Propulsion
Speed31 knots (57 km/h) maximum (32 knots (59 km/h) after 1925)
Complement41
Armament

The ship, along with two sister ships of Fiume-class torpedo boats Panormos and Proussa was transferred to Greece as a war reparation from the Central Powers in 1919.[1]

Service in the Austro-Hungarian navy

In the build-up to the First World War, Austria-Hungary ordered four 250–tonne boats to be built at the Ganz & Co.– Danubius shipyard in 1912/13. The Navy asked for several improvements compared with the Trieste–class boats. Negotiations broke down in early December because of exaggerated prices requested by Danubius and were only resumed when pressured by the Hungarian Minister of Commerce. Danubius lowered its price by 10%. Finally Ganz & Co. – Danubius got orders for 16 torpedoboats in 1913, despite the fact that original plans had called for the Naval Arsenal Pola to build the Tb 86 to Tb 100 series. These ‘Fiume–boats’ were commissioned under the numbers Tb 82 F to Tb 97 F between August, 1914 and August, 1916. They differed from their Trieste sister–ships having two funnels and an extended forecastle.[2]

Service in the Hellenic navy

Pergamos served in the Hellenic navy from 1919 until she was sunk during the German invasion of Greece on April 25, 1941. She was at the naval base at Salamis Island when she was scuttled.

See also

References
  1. "Greek torpedo boats". Archived from the original on 2007-05-15. Retrieved 2007-06-09.
  2. "Torpedo Boats in the Austro-Hungarian Navy". Archived from the original on 2012-06-30. Retrieved 2007-06-09.

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