The destroyer Aspis (, "shield") served in the Hellenic Royal Navy in 1907-1945.

The ship, along with her three sister ships of s, was ordered from Germany in 1905 and was built in the Vulcan shipyard at Stettin.

Greek destroyer Aspis (1907)

During World War I, Greece did not enter the war on the side of the Triple Entente until 1917 and, due to Greece's neutrality the four Niki-class ships had been seized by the Allies in October 1916, taken over by the French in November and served in the French Navy from 1917 to 1918. By 1918, they were back on escort duty under Greek colors, mainly in the Aegean Sea.

Greek destroyer Aspis (1907)

Aspis saw action in the Greco-Turkish War (1919-1922) in the Sea of Marmara and the Aegean Sea.

Greek destroyer Aspis (1907)

After the war, Aspis was refurbished from 1925 to 1927. She also participated in the Second World War, first carrying supplies in the Ionian Sea and after surviving the German invasion of April 1941, Aspis served in conjunction with the Royal Navy based in Alexandria, Egypt. After the end of World War II, Aspis was stricken in 1945.

See also

History of the Hellenic Navy

References

Niki-class destroyers

Ships built in Stettin

1907 ships

Military units and formations of Greece in the Balkan Wars

World War I destroyers of France

World War I destroyers of Greece

World War II destroyers of Greece