Psara - ΒΠ Ψαρά (D-98)
History
Greece
Namesake	Psara Island
Builder	Cantieri Odero
Launched	1932
Commissioned	1 May 1933
Identification	D-98
Fate	Sunk 20 April 20, 1941
General characteristics
Class and type	Kountouriotis-class destroyer
Displacement	Full load 2,050 tons Standard 1,389 tons
Length	92 m (302 ft)
Beam	9.5 m (31 ft)
Draft	3.65 m (12.0 ft)
Propulsion	Boilers: 3, Engines: 2 shaft Parsons type geared turbines, Power: 44,000 hp
Speed	38 knots (70 km/h; 44 mph) maximum
Complement	156
Armament	4 × 4.7 in (120 mm) (4 × 1) 3 × 40 mm/39 pom-pom A/A guns (3 × 1) 4 × 13.2 mm MG 6 × 21 in T/T 54 mines

The Greek destroyer Psara (D-98) (Greek: ΒΠ Ψαρά) was a Greek destroyer of the Kountouriotis class, which served with the Hellenic Navy during the early stages of the Second World War. It was named after the Aegean island of Psara, which played an important role in the Greek War of Independence, and was the fourth ship to bear this name.^[1]

She was constructed in Sestri Ponente, Italy, by Cantieri Odero, and commissioned by the Hellenic Navy in 1933. After the outbreak of the Greco-Italian War, she participated in all three naval raids against Italian shipping in the Strait of Otranto (14–15 November 1940, 15–16 December 1940, and 4–5 January 1941), and had significant anti-submarine activity. During the German invasion of Greece, she was attacked by German bomber aircraft on April 20, 1941, and sunk in the Saronic Gulf near Megara, with 37 members of her crew as casualties.

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