Greece acquired four new destroyers from Cammell Laird that had originally been built for Argentina. Their 31-knot speed exceeded the German-built Ottoman boats' 26 knots, while four 4-inch guns and six torpedo tubes gave the Greek ships a heavier armament. The Ottoman boats carried three torpedo tubes and much lighter guns. This difference reflected competing design purposes: the British ships were torpedo boat destroyers intended to overpower vessels like their Ottoman opponents. The Greek ships initially combined four coal-fired boilers with one oil-fired boiler, followed by an oil-fired boiler replacement in 1925.
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British-built Greek destroyers outmatch Ottoman torpedo boats
Greek purchases from an Argentine order supplied fast, heavily armed destroyers suited to defeating the smaller German-built Ottoman boats.