The ''Niki'' class of
destroyer
In naval terminology, a destroyer is a fast, manoeuvrable, long-endurance warship intended to escort
larger vessels in a fleet, convoy or battle group and defend them against powerful short range attackers. They were originally developed in ...
s were ordered by the
Royal Hellenic Navy before
World War I when the Greek government embarked on a naval buildup after losing the
Greco-Turkish War of 1897
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. These four ships were ordered from
Germany in 1905 and were built in the
Vulcan shipyard at
Stettin
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.
During
World War I, these ships were seized by the
French Navy when Greece did not enter the war on the side of the allies, and were returned to the Hellenic Royal Navy in 1917 when Greece declared war.
The class consisted of four destroyers: , , and .
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