Greek frigate Spetsai

Spetsai (F-453)
Φ/Γ ΣΠΕΤΣΑΙ (F 453)
History
Greece
NamesakeSpetses
BuilderHellenic Shipyards Co.
Laid down11 August 1992
Launched9 December 1993
Commissioned24 October 1996
Statusin active service as of 2010
NotesOfficial Hellenic Navy page
General characteristics
Class and typeHydra class frigate
Displacement3,350 tons
Length117 m (384 ft)
Beam14.8 m (49 ft)
Draft6 m (20 ft)
Propulsion
  • 2 shaft CODOG, controllable pitch propellers ,
  • 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 60,656 hp
  • 2 MTU 20V 956 diesel engines, 10,040 hp
Speed
  • 31-knot (57 km/h) maximum
  • 20-knot (37 km/h) cruise
Range4,100 nmi (7,600 km; 4,700 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) (diesels)
Complement173
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
  • 1 × Mk 45 Mod 2A,
  • 2 × Mk15 Phalanx 20 mm CIWS,
  • 2 Mk141 4 × 8 Harpoon missile launchers,
  • Mk 48 Mod 2 vertical launcher for 16 × RIM-162 ESSM,
  • 2 Mk32 Mod 5 2 × 324mm T/T for Mk46 torpedoes
Aircraft carried1
Aviation facilitiesHangar 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 ed.). Athens, Greece: The Society for the study of Greek History. ISBN 960-8172-14-4.

External links

  • Official Hellenic Navy page for Hydra Class Frigates
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Hydra-class frigates
  • Hydra (F-452)
  • Spetsai (F-453)
  • Psara (F-454)
  • Salamis (F-455)


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