Roussen Super Vita class Fast Attack Missile Craft Hellenic Navy

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Roussen (Super Vita) class Fast Attack Missile Craft

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Units:

P 67 HS Ypoploiarchos Roussen (2005)
P 68 HS Ypoploiarchos Daniolos (2006)
P 69 HS Ypoploiarchos Krystallidis (2006)
P 70 HS Ypoploiarchos Grigoropoulos (2010)
P 71 HS Ypoploiarchos Ritsos (2015)
P 78 HS Ypoploiarchos Karathanasis (2020)
P 79 HS Ypoploiarchos Vlachakos (2021?)

Specifications:

Length: 61.9 meters (203 feet 1 inch)
Beam: 9.5 meters (31 ft 2 in)
Draft: 2.8 meters (9 ft 2 in)
Displacement: 580 tons (standard) / 670 tons (full load)
Speed: 34.5 knots (65+ km/h)
Range: 4500 NM (8300 km) at 20 knots (65 km/h)
Complement: 45

Propulsion:
4 x MTU 16V595 TE90 diesel engines
(23500 hp)
4 shafts / 4 propellers

Armament:
1 x Oto-Melara 76/62 gun
8 x MM40 Block 2/3 Exocet SSM
1 x Mk-49 missile launcher for RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missile (RAM)
2 x Oto-Melara 30mm single guns

Systems:
Thales MW08 3D G-band surveillance radar
Thales Mirador electro-optical target tracker
Thales Scout MkII low probability of intercept radar
Tacticos combat management system
Aeromaritime IFF Mk12
ICS2000 integrated communications system
DR3000 ESM system
Argo AR900 ESM system
SRBOC decoy launcher

Aviation:
none

History:

The modernization program of the Hellenic Navy in the late 1990s included the construction of three modern missile boats and was signed in January 2000. The construction took place at the Elefsis Shipyards, while Vosper Thornycroft (now BAE Systems Surface Ships) provided the necessary design, logistical support and equipment for the ships. On August, 2003 and September, 2008 options that provided the acquisition of four more vessels were activated with the last ship to be commissioned in 2015.

On September 25, 2008, a 299 million Euro contract was signed between the Greek State and the Elefsis Shipyards for the construction of the two remaining vessels of the class, P-78 and P-79. According to the contract, the delivery times of the two FACs were 46 months from the start of the contract for the first ship and 52 months for the second. Due to serious financial problems of the shipyards and the Greek state, there has been a 10 year delay in the construction of the two ships. In 2016 the Greek government decided that the Hellenic Navy should undertake the completion of the construction of the two vessels. The plan was that the two vessels should have been launched not later then 18 months after the signing of the contract and that they should have been delivered in the navy not later then 2019. In 2017, in a statement of Deputy Defense Minister D. Vitsas there were hopes that the construction would have finished in mid 2018. Finally, on June 1, 2018, the launch of the 6th Super Vita P-78 took place at the Elefsina Shipyards. With a ceremony held 28th July 2020, the 6th vessel was officially commissioned into the Hellenic Navy. The 7th vessel was launched on 5 August 2020 and commissioning is probably not going to happen before 2021.

In September 2020, the UK offered to build eight boats of the same design for Ukraine.

Design:
The plans of the Roussen Class missile boats are based on smaller Vita class boats serving in the navies of Qatar, as well as similar size vessels built for Oman and other countries. The hull is made of steel and the superstructure is made of Aluminum, while the company Vosper Thornycroft (now BAE Systems Surface Ships) provides the electricity transmission system, the management board, electrical equipment and systems countermeasures.

Weapons and electronics:
The main armament of the ships are eight Exocet MM40 Block II/III anti-ship missiles with a range of up to 70/180 km respectively. They are complemented by an Otobreda 76 mm naval gun in the bow and two smaller 30mm cannons as secondary weapons located on the ships' superstructure. The vessel's primary anti-air and anti-missile weapon is the RIM-116 RAM missile system which comprises an onboard Mk-31 launcher with 21 projectiles, as well as the DR3000 electronic support measures system and the Mk36 SRBOC decoy launcher.

The sensor suite responsible for the timely identification and homing of surface and air targets includes the MW08 3D G-band surveillance radar, the Mirador electro-optical target tracker and the Scout MkII low probability of intercept radar which is being controlled by the TACTICOS combat management system.

source: wikipedia (11/20)

Ship data:

P 67 HS Ypoploiarchos Roussen
(Υποπλοίαρχος Ρουσσέν)

Namesake:
Lieutenant Nikolaos Roussen, killed during the suppression of the naval mutiny of 1944

Launched: November 12, 2002
Commissioned: December 20, 2005
IN SERVICE

P 68 HS Ypoploiarchos Daniolos
(Υποπλοίαρχος Δανιόλος)

Namesake:
Lieutenant Antonios Daniolos, executive officer of the submarine Triton,
killed when the ship was sunk by the Germans on 16 November 1942

Launched: July 8, 2003
Commissioned: February 22, 2006
IN SERVICE

P 69 HS Ypoploiarchos Krystallidis
(Υποπλοίαρχος Κρυσταλλίδης)

Namesake:
Lieutenant Vyron Kristallidis, crew member of the auxiliary ship Pleias,
killed when the ship was sunk by the Germans on 22 April 1941

Launched: April 6, 2004
Commissioned: May 8, 2006
IN SERVICE

P 70 HS Ypoploiarchos Grigoropoulos
(Υποπλοίαρχος Γρηγορόπουλος)

Namesake:
Lieutenant Michail Grigoropoulos, executive officer of the destroyer Vasilissa Olga,
killed when the ship was sunk by the Germans on 26 September 1943

Launched: December 20, 2005
Commissioned: October 1, 2010
IN SERVICE

P 71 HS Ypoploiarchos Ritsos
(Υποπλοίαρχος Ρίτσος)

Namesake:
Lieutenant Nikolaos Ritsos, killed on 16 November 1912 as commander
of a naval infantry company during the capture of Chios from the Ottomans

Launched: October 6, 2006
Commissioned: January 10, 2015
IN SERVICE

P 78 HS Ypoploiarchos Karathanasis
(Υποπλοίαρχος Καραθανάσης)

Namesake:
Lieutenant Christodoulos Karathanasis, killed on 31 January 1996, during the Imia crisis,
when the AB 212 helicopter PN 21 crashed into the sea

Launched: June 1, 2018
Commissioned: July 28, 2020
IN SERVICE

P 79 HS Ypoploiarchos Vlachakos
(Υποπλοίαρχος Βλαχάκος)

Namesake:
Lieutenant Panagiotis Vlachakos, killed on 31 January 1996, during the Imia crisis,
when the AB 212 helicopter PN 21 crashed into the sea

Launched: August 5, 2020
Commissioned: 2021 ?
FITTING OUT

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