![]() Spetsai (F-453)
Φ/Γ ΣΠΕΤΣΑΙ (F 453) | |
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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) |
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Range | 4,100 nmi (7,600 km; 4,700 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) (diesels) |
Complement | 173 |
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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.
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