Kyzikos - Greek destroyer. Former Austrian destroyer type SMS Tb 98-Μ. Built at the Cantiere Navale Triestino shipyard in Monfalcone in 1914. It belongs to a large series of Austrian destroyers of the type ( Tb 82 F ) built in Fiume and the type ( Tb 98 M ) built in Monfalcon .
| “SMS Tb 98-Μ", Kyzikos | |
|---|---|
| "ΚΥΖΙΚΟΣ" | |
| Service | |
| Class and type of vessel | destroyer |
| Manufacturer | Cantiere Navale Triestino, Malfalcone |
| Construction started | year |
| Launched | 1914 year |
| Commissioned | 1915 |
| Withdrawn from the fleet | April 25, 1941 |
| Status | sunk by crew |
| Main characteristics | |
| Displacement | 241 tons |
| Length | 60.1 m |
| Width | 5.5 m |
| Draft | 1,5 m |
| Engines | Fri - 2 |
| Power | 5000 l with. |
| Speed | 28 knots |
| Crew | 25 |
| Armament | |
| Artillery | 1 × 37 mm gun 1 × 60 mm Skoda gun |
| Mine torpedo armament | 2 torpedo tubes 450 mm [1] |
One of the 6 ships of these types granted to Greece in 1922, as reparations after the end of World War I and the division of the Austrian fleet. All Greek ships of this type received the names of the ancient Greek cities of Asia Minor left by the Greek army in the same 1922: ' Pergamos ' ( Pergamum ), ' Prusa ' ( Bursa ), ' Panormos ' ( Bandyrma ), Kios '( Gemlik ),' Kidonie ( Ayvalik ), 'Kizikos ( Kizik ). The destroyer took part in the Greco-Italian war of 1940-1941.
During the entry into the war of Germany, which came to the aid of the Italians, it was under repair at the base of the fleet on the island of Salamis . On April 25, 1941, 2 days before the German troops entered Athens and unable to follow the rest of the fleet’s ships to Crete and to a temporary base in Alexandria, Egypt was sunk by order of the Navy command [2] .