Panthir (, "Panther") served in the Hellenic Royal Navy from 1912–1946. The ship, along with her three sister ships of the Wild Beast class of destroyers (Aetos, Ierax and Leon), was ordered from England. They were purchased ready for delivery, each for the sum of £148,000 from the English shipyards Camell Laird in Liverpool, when the Balkan Wars seemed likely. These ships had originally been ordered by Argentina; Panthir was originally named Santiago. Accepted by Captain Ath. Miaoulis, RHN in Palermo, Sicily. where she arrived manned by foreign crew.