HS Kanaris F 464 Elli Standard class Frigate Hellenic Navy

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F 464 HS Kanaris

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Type, class: Elli (Kortenaer/Standard) class Frigate
Builder: Koninklijke Maatschappij De Schelde / KMS (Royal Schelde Shipbuilding, Vlissingen, The Netherlands)

STATUS:

Royal Netherlands Navy
HNLMS Jan van Brakel / F 825

Laid down: November 16, 1979
Launched: May 16, 1981
Commissioned: April 14, 1983
Decommissioned: October 12, 2001

Hellenic Navy
sold to Greece: 2001
Commissioned: November 29, 2002
IN SERVICE

Namesake: Konstantinos Kanaris (1790-1877)
Name in Greek: Κανάρης
Technical Data: see INFO > Elli (Standard) class Frigate

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HS Kanaris (F 464):

ex Royal Netherlands Navy Frigate HNLMS Jan van Brakel (F 825)

... service history wanted.

Konstantinos Kanaris (c. 1790 - 2 September 1877)

... was a Greek statesman, admiral, and a hero of the Greek War of Independence.

Born c. 1790 on Psara island in the Aegean sea, Konstantinos Kanaris joined the mariner’s profession at an early age. The beginning of the revolution found him in Odessa as captain of a merchant ship. He left his ship in order to rank as a sailor next to A. Miaoulis and N. Apostolis, which were leading members of the Hellenic Revolution. The night of the 6th of June 1822, he set the turkish flagship in the port of Chios island on fire, using a fishing boat filled with flammable material. The result was the death of 2000 crewmembers of the blown up flagship, including the turkish admiral Kara-Ali. This act was considered as a divine justice corresponding to the massacre of Chios population by the ottomans and made Konstantinos Kanaris a hero, causing european wide admiration. Since then, he fought incessantly and successfully being also the captain of the frigate “Hellas”.

After the end of the war, Kanaris continued serving the Navy until 1844. At this time, he retired as a rear admiral. During the reign of King George the first, he served as Minister of the Navy and later as Prime Minister. He died on September 2, 1877 whilst still serving in office as Prime Minister.

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