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Elli (Kortenaer) class Frigate

 
 
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Ships:
F 450 HS Elli (ex Pieter Florisz / F 812 - purchased while under construction) (1981)
F 451 HS Limnos (ex Witte de With / F 813 - purchased while under construction) (1982)
  
F 459 HS Adrias (ex HNLMS Callenburgh / F 808) (1979/94)
F 460 HS Aigaion (Aegaean) (ex HNLMS Banckert / F 810) (1980/93)
F 461 HS Navarinon (ex HNLMS Van Kinsbergen / F 809) (1980/95)
F 462 HS Kountouriotis (ex HNLMS Kortenaer / F 807) (1978/97)
F 463 HS Bouboulina (ex HNLMS Pieter Florisz / F 826) (1983/2001)
F 464 HS Kanaris (ex HNLMS Jan van Brakel / F 825) (1983/2002)
F 465 HS Themistoklis (ex HNLMS Philips van Almonde / F 823) (1982/2003)
F 466 HS Nikiforos Fokas (ex HNLMS Bloys van Treslong / F 824) (1982/2004)
 
Specifications:
Length: 130,5 meters (428 feet 2 inches)
Beam: 14,5 meters (47 ft 7 in)
Draft: 6,45 meters (21 ft 2 in)
Displacement: 3600 tons (standard) / 3900 tons (full load)
Speed: 20 knots (37 km/h) cruise / 30 knots (56 km/h) maximum
Range: 4700 NM (8700 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement: 196

Propulsion:
Combined Gas or Gas - COGOG
2 x Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines (4900 shp / 3700 kW, each) - cruise
2 x Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines (25700 shp / 19200 kW, each) - boost
2 shafts, 2 propellers

Armament:
 1 x Oto-Melara 76/62 compact gun (Elli and Limnos have 2)
1 x Mk-141 missile launcher for RGM-84 HARPOON SSM
1 x Mk-29 missile launcher for RIM-7 Sea Sparrow SAM
2 x Mk-32 twin torpedo tubes for Mk-46 torpedoes
1 x Mk-15 PHALANX CIWS (Elli and Limnos have 2)

 Systems:
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Aviation:
 flight deck & hangar for 2 helicopters (AB212)

 
Royal Netherlands Navy Kortenaer/Standard class Frigates.
2 new units built for Hellenic Navy - 8 used ships purchased from Netherlands Navy.
They featuring a COGOG propulsion system with separate cruise and sprint gas turbines.

 
Ship data:
      
F 450 HS Elli
 Builder: Royal Schelde Shipbuilding, Vlissingen, Netherlands

 (ex Pieter Florisz / F 812 - purchased while under construction)
Laid down: July 1, 1977
Launched: December 15, 1979
Commissioned: October 10, 1981
Namesake: Naval Battle of Elli/Dardanelles - December 1912
IN SERVICE
    
    
F 451 HS Limnos
 Builder: Royal Schelde Shipbuilding, Vlissingen, Netherlands

 (ex Witte de With / F 813 - purchased while under construction)
Laid down: June 13, 1978
Launched: October 27, 1979
Commissioned: September 18, 1982
Namesake: Naval Battle of Limnos - January 1913
IN SERVICE
    
  
F 459 HS Adrias
 Builder: Royal Schelde Shipbuilding, Vlissingen, Netherlands

 Royal Netherlands Navy service (HNLMS Callenburgh / F 808):
Laid down: June 30, 1975
Launched: March 12, 1977
Commissioned: July 26, 1979
Decommissioned: 1993
transferred to Greece

Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: March 30, 1994
Namesake: Adrias (Adriatic Sea)
IN SERVICE
    

F 460 HS Aigaion (Aegean)
 Builder: Royal Schelde Shipbuilding, Vlissingen, Netherlands

 Royal Netherlands Navy service (HNLMS Banckert / F 810):
Laid down: February 25, 1976
Launched: July 13, 1978
Commissioned: October 29, 1980
Decommissioned: 1993
transferred to Greece

Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: May 14, 1993
Namesake: Aigaion (Aegean Sea)
IN SERVICE
      
 
F 461 HS Navarinon
 Builder: Royal Schelde Shipbuilding, Vlissingen, Netherlands

 Royal Netherlands Navy service (HNLMS Van Kinsbergen / F 809):
Laid down: September 2, 1975
Launched: April 16, 1977
Commissioned: April 24, 1980
Decommissioned: March 1, 1995
transferred to Greece

Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: March 1, 1995
Namesake: Battle of Navarino - October 1827
IN SERVICE
      
 
 F 462 HS Kountouriotis
 Builder: Royal Schelde Shipbuilding, Vlissingen, Netherlands

 Royal Netherlands Navy service (HNLMS Kortenaer / F 807):
Laid down: April 8, 1975
Launched: December 18, 1976
Commissioned: October 28, 1978
Decommissioned: 1997
transferred to Greece

Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: December 15, 1997
Namesake: Admiral Pavlos Kountouriotis (1855-1935)
IN SERVICE
        
 
F 463 HS Bouboulina
 Builder: Royal Schelde Shipbuilding, Vlissingen, Netherlands

 Royal Netherlands Navy service (HNLMS Pieter Florisz / F 826):
Laid down: January 21, 1981
Launched: May 8, 1982
Commissioned: October 1, 1983
Decommissioned: 2001
transferred to Greece

Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: December 14, 2001
Namesake: Laskarina Bouboulina (1771-1825)
Decommissioned: February 18, 2013
            

F 464 HS Kanaris
 Builder: Royal Schelde Shipbuilding, Vlissingen, Netherlands

 Royal Netherlands Navy service (HNLMS Jan van Brakel / F 825):
Laid down: November 16, 1979
Launched: May 16, 1981
Commissioned: April 14, 1983
Decommissioned: October 12, 2001
transferred to Greece

Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: November 29, 2002
Namesake: Constantine Kanaris (1790-1877)
IN SERVICE
          

F 465 HS Themistoklis
 Builder: Wilton-Fijenoord Shipbuilding, Schiedam, Netherlands

 Royal Netherlands Navy service (HNLMS Philips van Almonde / F 823):
Laid down: October 3, 1977
Launched: August 11, 1979
Commissioned: December 2, 1981
Decommissioned: 2002
transferred to Greece

Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: October 24, 2003
Namesake: Themistokles (524-459 BC)
IN SERVICE
            

F 466 HS Nikiforos Fokas
 Builder: Wilton-Fijenoord Shipbuilding, Schiedam, Netherlands

 Royal Netherlands Navy service (HNLMS Bloys van Treslong / F 824):
Laid down: April 27, 1978
Launched: November 15, 1980
Commissioned: November 25, 1982
Decommissioned: December 17, 2003
transferred to Greece

Hellenic Navy:
Commissioned: November 19, 2004
Namesake: Nikephoros II Fokas (912-969)
IN SERVICE
            
 

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F 463 HS Bouboulina as part of NATO STANAVFORMED - Trieste, Italy - 2004

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F 463 HS Bouboulina as part of NATO STANAVFORMED - Trieste, Italy - 2004

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F 463 HS Bouboulina as part of NATO STANAVFORMED - Trieste, Italy - 2004

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F 463 HS Bouboulina as part of NATO STANAVFORMED - Trieste, Italy - 2004

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F 463 HS Bouboulina as part of NATO STANAVFORMED - Trieste, Italy - 2004

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F 463 HS Bouboulina as part of NATO STANAVFORMED - Trieste, Italy - 2004

f 463 hs bouboulina elli kortenaer class frigate hellenic navy greece insignia plaque
F 463 HS Bouboulina's crest - Trieste, Italy - 2004

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Elli - Limnos - Adrias

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Aigaion (Aegeon) - Navarinon - Kountouriotis

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Bouboulina - Kanaris - Themistoklis


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