Kimon FDI class Missile Frigate Hellenic Navy Greece

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Kimon (FDI HN) class Frigate

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01/25

Ships:

F 601 HS Kimon
F 602 HS Nearchos
F 603 HS Formion
F 604 HS Themistokles (option?)

Specifications:

Builder: Naval Group, Lorient, Brittany, France

Displacement: 4,500 tons (full load)
Length: 122 meters (400 feet 3 in)
Beam: 17.7 meters (58 ft 1 in)
Draft: ?
Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h), max.
Range: 5,000 NM (9,300 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h)
Complement: 110 + aircrew

Propulsion:
CODAD (Combined Diesel and Diesel)
32,000 kW (42,900 shp)
2 shafts / 2 propellers

Armament:

Sylver A50 8-cell Vertical Launching System / VLS (3 x 8 = 24 cells)
for MBDA Aster 15 and/or Aster 30 SAM

Sylver A70 8-cell Vertical Launching System / VLS (1 x 8 cells)
for Missile de Croisiere Naval (MdCN) Land Attack Missiles

8 x MBDA Exocet MM40 Block 3 SSM

1 x Mk.31 Guided Missile Weapon System for RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM)

1 x OtoMelara/Leonardo 76/62SR Super Rapid gun

2 x Leonardo Lionfish 20 remote-controlled weapon system

2 x twin torpedo tubes for EuroTorp MU90 Impact torpedoes

Aviation:
flight deck and hangar for 1 MH-60R Seahawk helicopter and 1 UAV

Systems:
Thales SeaFire multi-function Active electronically scanned array (AESA) S-band Search Radar
Thales Kingklip Mark 2 hull mounted sonar
Thales CAPTAS-4 Combined Active/Passive Towed Array Sonar
SYLENA Mk1 decoy launching systems for CANTO anti-torpedo decoys

The Kimon class, also known as the FDI HN, is a frigate class for the Hellenic Navy.
The FDI HN is a more heavily armed version of the French Amiral Ronarc’h class Frigate (Frégate de Défense et d'Intervention / FDI). The lead ship is expected to be commissioned in early 2025.

In September 2021, Greece signed an agreement with France's Naval Group to purchase three FDI HN frigates with an option for one more for the Hellenic Navy as part of a €3 billion ($3.34 bn) defence package.

It was reported that the Hellenic Navy ships would eventually carry a more extensive weapons fit, capable of carrying up to 32 MBDA Aster-30 air defence missiles. This will permit the Hellenic Navy to operate three ships with 32 air defense missiles plus 21 point defense missiles in a Mk.31 21-cell launcher for RIM-116 Rolling Airframe Missiles (RAM) Block 2B, 8 MM40 Exocet Block 3c anti-ship missiles (SSM) and 2 twin torpedo tubes for MU90 torpedoes.

Two of the vessels, destined for the French Navy in 2025, now will be delivered to the Hellenic Navy. The date of the construction agreement was anticipated to be at late 2021 or early 2022.

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F 602 HS Nearchos launching at Naval Group shipyard Lorient, France

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F 602 HS Nearchos launching at Naval Group shipyard Lorient, France

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F 601 HS Kimon launching at Naval Group shipyard Lorient, France

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F 601 HS Kimon launching at Naval Group shipyard Lorient, France

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construction at Naval Group, Lorient, Brittany, France

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