Kortenaer-class frigate

Kortenaer (F 807)
Class overview
Operators:	Royal Netherlands Navy  Hellenic Navy (as Elli class)  United Arab Emirates Navy
Preceded by:	Van Speijk class
Succeeded by:	Karel Doorman class
Built:	1975–1982
In commission:	1978–2003
Completed:	10
General characteristics
Type:	Frigate
Displacement:	3,500 long tons (3,600 t) standard 3,800 long tons (3,900 t) full load
Length:	130 m (426 ft 6 in)
Beam:	14.4 m (47 ft 3 in)
Draft:	4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:	Combined gas or gas (COGOG) system: 2 × Rolls Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines, 4,900 shp (3,700 kW) each 2 × Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 25,700 shp (19,200 kW) each (boost) 2 shafts
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) cruise 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) maximum
Endurance:	4,700 nautical miles @ 16 knots (8,700 km @ 30 km/h)
Complement:	176–196
Armament:	1 × OTO-Melara Compatto 76 mm/62 cal. gun (Elli and Limnos have 2) 2 × twin Mk46 torpedo tubes 2 × quad RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers 1 × 8-cell Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missile launchers 1 × Goalkeeper in Dutch service_1 Phalanx in Greek service (Elli and Limnos have 2)
Aircraft carried:	2 × Sea Lynx helicopters (1 in peace-time)

The Kortenaer class was a class of frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. They were built to be a general purpose frigate; able to combat all surface, submarine and aircraft targets. Like some of the other frigates of the 1970s and 1980s, they featured a COGOG (combined gas or gas) propulsion system. Ten were built by de Schelde in Vlissingen and two by Wilton-Fijenoord in Schiedam between 1978 and 1982. Only 10 served with the Royal Netherlands Navy: two were sold to Greece while still under construction and replaced by two Jacob van Heemskerck class frigates which are basically an AAW variant of the Kortenaer class. The Greek frigates were renamed the Elli class.

Eight similar ships were built by Germany during the same period in the Bremen class.

Service

By 2003 all ships were transferred to the navies of Greece and the United Arab Emirates.^{[citation needed]}

In Dutch service the frigates were armed with a Goalkeeper CIWS on top of the helicopter-hangar. In Greek service the Goalkeepers were replaced with Phalanx CIWS due to high maintenance costs.

Both ships of the United Arab Emirates, the Al Emirat and the Abu Dhabi are being converted into a super luxury Giga yachts known as Swift 141 (launched as Yas) and Swift 135.^[1]

Two ships, the Elli and the Limnos, were built for the Greek Navy in 1981, they are referred to as the Elli-class frigates by the Hellenic Navy and have different equipment and weapons from the Dutch ships.

The Imperial Iranian Navy ordered eight modified ships from Royal Schelde but the contract was canceled after the Iranian revolution.

Ships in the class

The ships were named after Dutch captains and admirals:

Ship	Pennant No.	Named after	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Status
Kortenaer	F807	Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer	Royal Schelde	8 April 1975	18 December 1976	26 October 1978	1997	Sold to the  Hellenic Navy as F462 Kountouriotes (Κουντουριώτης)
Callenburgh	F808	Gerard Callenburgh	Royal Schelde	2 September 1975	26 March 1977	26 July 1979	1994	Sold to the  Hellenic Navy as the F459 Adrias (Αδρίας)
Van Kinsbergen	F809	Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen	Royal Schelde	2 September 1975	16 April 1977	24 April 1980	1995	Sold to the  Hellenic Navy as the F461 Navarinon (Ναυαρίνον)
Banckert	F810	Joost Banckert	Royal Schelde	25 February 1976	30 September 1978	29 October 1980	1993	Sold to the  Hellenic Navy as the F460 Aegaeon (Αιγαίον)
Piet Hein	F811	Piet Pieterszoon Hein	Royal Schelde	April 28, 1977	June 3, 1978	April 14, 1981	1998	Sold to the  United Arab Emirates as the Al Emirat
Abraham Crijnssen	F816	Abraham Crijnssen	Royal Schelde	25 October 1978	16 May 1981	6 January 1983	1997	Sold to the  United Arab Emirates as the Abu Dhabi
Philips van Almonde	F823	Philips van Almonde	Wilton-Fijenoord	1 October 1977	11 August 1979	2December 1981	2002	Sold to the  Hellenic Navy as the F465 Themistokles (Θεμιστοκλής )
Bloys van Treslong	F824	Willem Bloys van Treslong	Wilton-Fijenoord	5 May 1978	15 November 1980	25 November 1982	2003	Sold to the  Hellenic Navy as the F466 Nikiforos Fokas
Jan van Brakel	F825	Jan van Brakel	Royal Schelde	16 November 1979	16 May 1981	14 April 1983	2001	Sold to the  Hellenic Navy as the F464 Kanaris (Κανάρης)
Pieter Florisz (ex-Willem van der Zaan)	F826	Pieter Florisse	Royal Schelde	2 January 21, 1981	8 May 1982	11 October 1983	2001	Sold to the Hellenic Navy as the F463 Bouboulina (Μπουμπουλίνα), decommissioned in 2013.

References

Bibliography

• Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947-1995

External links

See also

• Bremen class frigate
• Elli class frigate
• MEKO 140
• MEKO 360
• Halifax class frigate
• Anzac class frigate

v t e Kortenaer-class frigates  Royal Netherlands Navy Abraham Crijnssen Banckert Bloys van Treslong Callenburgh Jan van Brakel Kortenaer Piet Hein Pieter Florisz Philips van Almonde Van Kinsbergen  Hellenic Navy Elli class Aigaion Adrias Bouboulina Elli Kanaris Kountouriotis Limnos Navarinon Nikiforos Fokas Themistoklis  United Arab Emirates Navy Al Emirat (ex-Piet Hein) Abu Dhabi (ex-Abraham Crijnssen) Ships of the Royal Netherlands Navy List of frigates of the Hellenic Navy List of ships of the United Arab Emirates