HMS Boreas (H77)

HMS Boreas was a "B"-class destroyer built for the Royal Navy that saw service in the Second World War before being transferred to the Greek Royal Hellenic Navy in 1944 and renamed Salamis. In 1951, she was returned to Britain and scrapped.

Construction
The ship was ordered on 22 March 1929 from Palmer's at Jarrow, under the 1928 Programme. She was laid down on 22 July 1929, and launched on 11 June 1930, the fifth RN ship to carry this name. Boreas was completed on 20 February 1931 at a cost of £221,156, excluding items supplied by the Admiralty such as guns, ammunition and communications equipment.