The Greek destroyer ''Psara'' (D-98) ( el, ΒΠ Ψαρά) was a Greek destroyer of the , which served with the Hellenic Navy during the early stages of the

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. 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.Hellenic Navy: HS Psara (D-98)
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, Italy, by Cantieri Odero, and commissioned by the Hellenic Navy in 1933. After the outbreak of the

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, 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

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, she was attacked by German bomber aircraft on April 20, 1941, and sunk in the

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near Megara, with 37 members of her crew as casualties.

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