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Greece - Hellenic Navy
Hydra (MEKO200HN) class Frigate

 
 
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Ships:
F 452 HS Hydra (1992)
F 453 HS Spetsai (1996)
F 454 HS Psara (1998)
F 455 HS Salamis (1998)
 
Specifications:
Length: 117,5 meters (385 feet 6 inches)
Beam: 14,8 meters (48 ft 6 in)
Draft: 6,0 meters (19 ft 8 in)
Displacement: 2700 tons (standard) / 3350 tons (full load)
Speed: 31 knots (57 km/h) gas turbine / 21 knots (39 km/h) diesel only
Range: 4100 NM (8000 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement: 175

Propulsion:
Combined Diesel or Gas - CODOG
2 x General Electric LM2500 gas turbines (60650 shp)
2 x MTU 20V956 diesel engines (10420 shp)
2 shafts, 2 controllable pitch propellers

Armament:
 1 x Mk-48 Mod.2 vertical launching system
for
16 RIM-7 Sea Sparrow SAM or
32 RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missiles (ESSM)

1 x Mk-45 Mod.2A 5"/54 (127mm) gun
1 x Mk-141 missile launcher for up to 8 RGM-84 HARPOON SSM
2 x Mk-32 triple torpedo tubes for Mk-46 torpedoes
2 x Mk-15 PHALANX CIWS

 Systems:
 Signaal MW08 air search radar
Signaal DA08 air surface radar
2 Signaal STIR fire control radar
Racal Decca 2690BT navigation radar
Raytheon SQS-56/DE 1160 sonar
SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy
Mk XII Mod.4 IFF radar
2 Signaal Mk-73 Mod.1 radar for ESSM
Signaal STACOS Mod.2 combat data system
SAR-8 IR searcher
ARGO AR700 ESM system
ARGOAPECS II ECM system
4 SCLAR decoy launchers
Telegon 10 ESM system

Aviation:
 flight deck & hangar for 1 helicopter (Sikorsky S-70B-6 Aegean Hawk)

 
The Hydra class are a group of four frigates in service with the Hellenic Navy. They were designed in Germany and are part of the MEKO group of modular warships, in this case the MEKO 200 design. The programme was authorised in 1988 and partially paid for with FMS aid and previsioned for the commission of six vessels. The first ship was built in Germany and commissioned in 1992 but suffered a serious fire while working up near Portland, England. Repairs were completed in 1993. The Greek built warships were delayed due to financial problems on the part of the Hellenic Shipyards completing in the late 1990s which also led to limiting the total number of vessels to four mainly after the acquisition of eight Kortenaer class frigate from the Netherlands in the late 1990s. In 2007, an upgrade of the STIR fire control system to allow the firing of the RIM-162 ESSM surface-to-air missile was launched. Salamis has been firstly upgraded and, in August 2008, successfully completed a live firing test. The other three Hydra vessels were upgraded during 2008.

 
Ship data:
      
F 452 HS Hydra
 Builder: Blohm & Voss Shipbuilding, Hamburg, Germany

Laid down: December 17, 1990
Launched: June 25, 1991
Commissioned: November 12, 1992
Namesake: Hydra Island, Greece
IN SERVICE
    
   
F 453 HS Spetsai
 Builder: Hellenic Shipyards Company, Skaramangas, Greece

Laid down: August 11, 1992
Launched: December 9, 1993
Commissioned: October 24, 1996
Namesake: Spetses Island, Greece
IN SERVICE
    

F 454 HS Psara
 Builder: Hellenic Shipyards Company, Skaramangas, Greece

Laid down: December 12, 1993
Launched: December 20, 1994
Commissioned: April 30, 1998
Namesake: Psara Island, Greece
IN SERVICE
    

F 455 HS Salamis
 Builder: Hellenic Shipyards Company, Skaramangas, Greece

Laid down: December 20, 1994
Launched: May 15, 1997
Commissioned: December 16, 1998
Namesake: Salamis Island, Greece
IN SERVICE
    
 

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F 453 HS Spetsai as part of Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 2 (SNMG-2) - Trieste, Italy - February 2006

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F 453 HS Spetsai as part of Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 2 (SNMG-2) - Trieste, Italy - February 2006

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F 453 HS Spetsai as part of Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 2 (SNMG-2) - Trieste, Italy - February 2006

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F 453 HS Spetsai as part of Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 2 (SNMG-2) - Trieste, Italy - February 2006

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F 453 HS Spetsai as part of Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 2 (SNMG-2) - Trieste, Italy - February 2006

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F 453 HS Spetsai as part of Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 2 (SNMG-2) - Trieste, Italy - February 2006

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F 453 HS Spetsai as part of Standing NATO Response Force Maritime Group 2 (SNMG-2) - Trieste, Italy - February 2006

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F 454 HS Psara as part of NATO Standing Naval Force Mediterranean (STANAVFORMED) - Trieste, Italy - November 2003

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F 454 HS Psara as part of NATO Standing Naval Force Mediterranean (STANAVFORMED) - Trieste, Italy - November 2003

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