Allied Warships

RHS Salamis (H 77)

Destroyer of the B class

Navy	The Royal Hellenic Navy
Type	Destroyer
Class	B
Pennant	H 77
Built by	Palmers Shipbuilding & Iron Co Ltd (Jarrow-on-Tyne, U.K.)
Ordered
Laid down	22 Jul 1929
Launched	18 Jul 1930
Commissioned	10 Feb 1944
End service
History	The British destroyer HMS Boreas was loaned to the Greek Navy as Salamis on 10 February 1944. Returned to the Royal Navy in September 1951. Sold to be broken up for scrap on 23 November 1951.
Former name	HMS Boreas

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Notable events involving Salamis include:

6 Apr 1944
HMS Trusty (Lt. M.F.R. Ainslie, DSO, DSC, RN) conducts A/S exercises with the Canadian destroyer HNoMS Svenner (Lt.Cdr. T. Holte) and later with the British destroyer RHN Salamis. (1)

23 Apr 1944
During heavy weather in Atlantic Ocean she lost a 3" gun turret with its entire detail (2)