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          name=RHS Vasilissa Olga (D 15) ''(Queen Olga)''|
         image=Basilissa-olga.jpg|
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          laid=|
      launched=[[June 2|2 Jun]], [[1938]] |
  commissioned=|
decommissioned=|
          fate=lost [[September 26|26 Sep]], [[1943]]|
      position=|
      surfaced=1.414 tons|
     submerged=|
        length=97,5 / 9,7 / 2,7 meters|
          beam=|
         draft=|
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          crew=145|
      armament=four 5 inch guns, four 37mm A/A guns, two quadruple 21 inch T/T.In 1941 the four 5 inch guns as well as the stern T/T were removed and a 3 inch A/A gun, six 20mm guns and a A/S device were added.|
    powerplant=34.000 hp, twin propeller|
}}
[[RHS Vasilissa Olga]] (D 15), an allied warship in [[World War II]] of the [[Royal Hellenic Navy]], was a destroyer of the Vasilefs Georgios class.
She was built by Yarrow Shipbuilders Ltd. (Scotstoun, Scotland)

Vasilissa Olga escaped to Alexandria in May [[1941]]. She was assigned pennant number H 86 by the British.

Vasilissa Olga (Lt.Cdr. G. Blessas, DSO, RHN) was lost to German aircraft while anchored in Lakki Bay, [[Leros]] on [[September 26|26 September]] [[1943]].

==Notable Events==
Noteable events involving Vasilissa Olga include:

*[[December 15]], [[1942]]: The Italian submarine '''Uarsciek''' (620 tons) was sunk south off Malta by the British destroyer '''HMS Petard''' and the Greek destroyer Vasilissa Olga.
*[[January 19]], [[1943]]: The British destroyers '''HMS Pakenham''' , '''HMS Nubian''' and the Greek destroyer Vasilissa Olga intercept and sink the German transport ship '''Stromboli''' (475 tons) off the Libyan coast.
*[[June 2]], [[1943]]: The British destroyer '''HMS Jervis''' and the Greek destroyer Vasilissa Olga sink the Italian torpedo boat '''Castore''' (652 tons) off Cape Spartivento.


[[Category:Hellenic Navy|Vasilissa Olga]]