HNLMS Jan van Brakel (F825)

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For other ships with the same name, see Greek ship Kanaris.
History
Netherlands
NameHNLMS Jan van Brakel
NamesakeJan van Brakel
BuilderKoninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde (KMS), Vlissingen[1]
Laid down16 November 1979[1]
Launched16 May 1981[1]
Commissioned14 April 1983[1]
Decommissioned12 October 2001[1]
FateSold to Greece, 29 November 2002[2]
Greece
NameHS Kanaris
NamesakeConstantine Kanaris
Acquired29 November 2002
StatusIn active service
General characteristics
Class and typeTemplate:Sclass-
Displacement
  • 3,500 long tons (3,600 t) standard
  • 3,800 long tons (3,900 t) full load
Length130 m (426 ft 6 in)
Beam14.4 m (47 ft 3 in)
Draft4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) cruise
  • 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) maximum
Endurance4,700 nautical miles at 16 knots (8,700 km at 30 km/h)
Complement176–196
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × Sea Lynx helicopters (1 in peacetime)

HNLMS Jan van Brakel (F825) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Jan van Brakel) was a frigate of the Template:Sclass-. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1983 to 2001. She was named after Jan van Brakel, a Dutch naval commander from the seventeenth century.[2] She was renamed HS Kanaris (F464) (Greek: Φ/Γ Κανάρης) on transfer to the Hellenic Navy on 29 November 2002.[2]

Dutch service history

HNLMS Van Kinsbergen was built at the KM de Schelde in Vlissingen. The keel laying took place on 16 November 1979 and the launching on 16 May 1981. The ship was put into service on 14 April 1983.

In 1988 Jan van Brakel and the frigates Kortenaer and Witte de With and the replenishment ship Zuiderkruis made a trip to the far east and Australia to show the flag and for training.[3]

From March until October 1993 she was deployed in the Adriatic Sea supporting NATO and UN actions against Yugoslavia.[4]

On 12 October 2001 Jan van Brakel was decommissioned and sold to the Hellenic Navy.[1]

Greek service history

For other ships with the same name, see Greek ship Kanaris.

The ship was commissioned into the Hellenic Navy on 29 November 2002 and renamed HS Kanaris (Greek: Φ/Γ Κανάρης), after Constantine Kanaris, hero of the Greek War of Independence, and later Prime Minister of Greece. She was assigned the radio call sign "SZDT".[5]


  • Hellenic Navy frigate HS Kanaris (Φ/Γ Κανάρης) in Málaga.
    Hellenic Navy frigate HS Kanaris (Φ/Γ Κανάρης) in Málaga.
  • Hellenic Navy frigate HS Kanaris (Φ/Γ Κανάρης) at Phaleron Bay.
    Hellenic Navy frigate HS Kanaris (Φ/Γ Κανάρης) at Phaleron Bay.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "F825 HNLMS Jan van Brakel". seaforces.org. 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  2. ^ a b c "HS Kanaris". hellenicnavy.gr. 2012. Archived from the original on 17 February 2013. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
  3. ^ "scheepvaartmuseum.nl :: Maritieme kalender 1988". Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  4. ^ "helis.com". Retrieved 11 September 2018.
  5. ^ "helis.com". Retrieved 9 September 2018.



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