Greek frigate Spetsai

Spetsai (F-453)
Φ/Γ ΣΠΕΤΣΑΙ (F 453)
History
Greece
Namesake: Spetses
Builder: Hellenic Shipyards Co.
Laid down: 11 August 1992
Launched: 9 December 1993
Commissioned: 24 October 1996
Status: in active service as of 2010
Notes: Official Hellenic Navy page
General characteristics
Class and type: Hydra class frigate
Displacement: 3,350 tons
Length: 117 m (384 ft)
Beam: 14.8 m (49 ft)
Draft: 6 m (20 ft)
Propulsion:
Speed:
  • 31-knot (57 km/h) maximum
  • 20-knot (37 km/h) cruise
Range: 4,100 nmi (7,600 km; 4,700 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) (diesels)
Complement: 173
Sensors and
processing systems:
  • Signaal MW08 air search radar
  • Signaal DA08 air surface radar
  • 2 Signaal STIR fire control radar
  • Racal Decca 2690 BT navigation radar
  • Raytheon SQS-56/DE 1160 hull-mounted and VDS 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
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
  • Argo AR 700 ESM system
  • Telegon 10 ESM system
  • Argo APECS II ECM system
  • 4 SCLAR decoy launchers
Armament:
Aircraft carried: 1
Aviation facilities: Hangar for 1 Sikorsky S-70B-6 Aegean Hawk helicopter

The Greek frigate Spetsai (F-453) (Greek: Φ/Γ ΣΠΕΤΣΑΙ) is the second ship of the Greek Hydra frigate class. She is based on the Blohm + Voss MEKO 200 frigate class and was built by Hellenic Shipyards Co. at Skaramagas.[1] She is the fifth ship of the Hellenic Navy to be named after the Saronic Gulf island of Spetses. She has participated in international operations such as Enduring Freedom.

References

  1. ↑ Vice Admiral C. Paizis-Paradellis, HN (2002). Hellenic Warships 1829-2001 (3rd Edition). Athens, Greece: The Society for the study of Greek History. ISBN 960-8172-14-4.


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