Greek naval operations against the Italian shipping between Italy and Albania were rare during the Italo-Greek war. The Greek Navy had to protect troopships and convoys bringing supplies to Greece from attacks by Italian naval forces in the Aegean Sea. The Greek Navy operated out of the Salamis Naval base requiring that they stage into the Adriatic to operate against the Italian convoys. Weather was generally poor and the Greeks lacked any realtime intelligence on Italian shipping due to Italian air superiority. Hence their destroyers were only occasionally released for offensive operations. Italian sources don't list any losses due to surface action.
30-31 Oct 40 - Psara and Spetsai shelled Italian positions in Ano Sagiada and the coastal road. No naval contact.
13-15 Nov - Vasilissa Olga, Vasilefs Georgios, Psara, Hydra, and Koundouriotis (the last damaged her propellers in the Corinth Canal and had to turn back) did a sweep but no contact.
14-16 Dec - Psara, Spetsai (turned back due to boiler issues), and Koundouriotis did a sweep off Vlore. No contact.
4-6 Jan 41 - Vasilissa Olga, Vasilefs Georgios, Psara, Spetsai, and Koundouriotis did a sweep. No contact so they shelled Vlore.
As mentioned above, the ships operated out of the Salamis Naval Base. The destroyers would leave harbor in the afternoon so they could traverse the Corinth Canal at night. Tugs would tow/guide the destroyers through the narrow canal which would take several hours against the adverse current. The Gulf of Corinth had multiple minefields that the ships needed to navigate through. The ships would then disperse and hold up in various small anchorages during the day to avoid air attack. Then before dark, they would reassemble and sortie northward. Usually by 0200-0300 they would reverse course and dash back to the Gulf of Corinth at high speed and back to Salamis.
Main information is from John Carr's The Defence and Fall of Greece 1940-41 Chapter 10.
30-31 Oct 40 - Psara and Spetsai shelled Italian positions in Ano Sagiada and the coastal road. No naval contact.
13-15 Nov - Vasilissa Olga, Vasilefs Georgios, Psara, Hydra, and Koundouriotis (the last damaged her propellers in the Corinth Canal and had to turn back) did a sweep but no contact.
14-16 Dec - Psara, Spetsai (turned back due to boiler issues), and Koundouriotis did a sweep off Vlore. No contact.
4-6 Jan 41 - Vasilissa Olga, Vasilefs Georgios, Psara, Spetsai, and Koundouriotis did a sweep. No contact so they shelled Vlore.
As mentioned above, the ships operated out of the Salamis Naval Base. The destroyers would leave harbor in the afternoon so they could traverse the Corinth Canal at night. Tugs would tow/guide the destroyers through the narrow canal which would take several hours against the adverse current. The Gulf of Corinth had multiple minefields that the ships needed to navigate through. The ships would then disperse and hold up in various small anchorages during the day to avoid air attack. Then before dark, they would reassemble and sortie northward. Usually by 0200-0300 they would reverse course and dash back to the Gulf of Corinth at high speed and back to Salamis.
Main information is from John Carr's The Defence and Fall of Greece 1940-41 Chapter 10.
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