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 F 602 HS Nearchos
 
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Type, class: Kimon class Frigate
Builder: Naval Group, Lorient, Brittany, France
 
 STATUS:
 Laid down: 2023
Launched: September 19, 2024
Commissioned: 2025 ?
OUTFITTING + TRIALS
  
Namesake: Nearchos (c 360-300 BC) - officer in the Army of Alexander the Great
Name in Greek: Νέαρχος
 Technical Data: see INFO > Kimon (FDI) class Frigate
 
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launching at Naval Group shipyard Lorient, France - September 19, 2024

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HS Nearchos (F 602):
 

 
Nearchos / Νέαρχος (c. 360 - 300 BC)
 
was one of the Greek officers, a navarch, in the army of Alexander the Great. He is known for his celebrated expeditionary voyage starting from the Indus River, through the Persian Gulf and ending at the mouth of the Tigris River following the Indian campaign of Alexander the Great, in 326-324 BC.
 
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