List of maritime weapons systems of the Greek Navy

Naval war flag of the Greek Navy

The Greek Navy currently maintains around 100 small and medium-sized warships in the main bases in Salamis , and in Souda, Crete .

Ship units

Frigates

Ship class	origin	photo	Ships	displacement	Remarks
Elli	Netherlands / Greece		Elli (F 450) Lemnos (F 451) Adrias (F 459) Aegeon (F 460) Navarinon (F 461) Kountouriotis (F 462) Bouboulina (F 463) Kanaris (F 464) Themistocles (F 465) Nikephoros Phokas (F 466 )	3800 t	Eight of them were former units of the Dutch Navy
Hydra	Germany / Greece		Hydra (F 452) Spetsai (F 453) Psara (F 454) Salamis (F 455)	3200 t

Submarines

Ship class	origin	photo	Ships	displacement	Remarks
Glaucoma	Germany		Nereus (S 111) Triton (S 112) Proteus (S 113)	1207 t
Poseidon	Germany		Poseidon (S 116) Amphitrite (S 117) Okeanos (S 118) Pontos (S 119)	1285 t
Papanikolis	Germany / Greece		Papanikolis (S 120) Pipinos (S 121) Matrozos (S 122) Katsonis (S 123)	1930 t

Anti-mine vehicles

Ship class	origin	photo	Ships	displacement	Remarks
Osprey	United States		Evniki (M 61) Kalypso (M 64)	907 t	former units of the American Navy
Hunt	United Kingdom		Europe (ΕΥΡΩΠΗ) (M 62) Callisto (ΚΑΛΛΙΣΤΩ) (M 63)	762 t	former units of the British Navy
			Alkyon (M 211), Aura (M 214) Aedon (M 240), Kichle (M 241) Kissa (M 242), Pleias (M 248)

Guided missile boats

Super Vita class , a total of 7 units were awarded to Great Britain (Vosper Thornycroft Shipbuilding) for just under one billion euros, 6 of which are being built in Greece, or 2 units are still under construction. The boats are armed with the Exocet Block 3 and anti-aircraft missile systems.

• Roussen (P 67)
• Daniolos (P 68)
• Krystallides (P 69)
• Gregoropoulos (P 70)
• Ritsos (P 71)

Missile speedboats

Combattante III class all 4 boats were built in France

• Laskos (P 20)
• Blessas (P 21)
• Mykonios (P 22)
• Troupakis (P 23)

Combattante IIIA class , all 4 boats were built in Greece, at the time the units are being upgraded

• Kavaloudis (P 24)
• Degiannis (P 26)
• Xenos (P 27)
• Simitzopoulos (P 28)
• Starakis (P 29)

Class S-148 , all boats in the class come from the stock of the German Navy

• Botsis (P 72)
• Pezopoulos (P 73)
• Blachavas (P 74)
• Maridakis (P 75)
• Tournas (P 76)
• Sakipis (P 77)

Amphibious ships

Class Samos , designed and built in Greece

• LST Chios (L 173)
• LST Samos (L 174)
• LST Ikaria (L 175)
• LST Lesbos (L 176)
• LST Rhodes (L 177)

LCU type 520 , from the fleet of the German Navy

• LSH Ios (L 167); ex- "BARBE" of the German Navy (L 790)
• LSH Paros (L 179); ex- "SALM" of the German Navy (L 799)
• LSH Sikinos (L 168); ex- "DORSCH" of the German Navy (L 792)
• LSH Pholegandros (L 170); ex- "FELCHEN" of the German Navy (L 793)

LCM type 521

• 11 boats from the fleet of the German Navy, not all operational

LCVP

• 55 boats, some of them from the fleet of the German Navy, not all operational

Pomornik-class hovercraft , imported from Russia

• LCAC Kephallenia (L 180)
• LCAC Ithaca (L 181)
• LCAC Kerkyra (L 182)
• LCAC Zakynthos (L 183)

Passenger transport ships

• PTV Naxos (L 178)
• PTV Pandora (L 419)
• PTV Pandrosos (L 420)
• PTV Seriphos (L 195)

Gunboats

Thetis class (type 420) , from the fleet of the German Navy

• FS / PG Nike (P 62)
• FS / PG Doxa (P 63)
• FS / PG Eleutheria (P 64)
• FS / PG Karteria (P65)
• FS / PG Agon (P66)

Osprey 55 class , all boats were built in Greece

• PG Armatolos (P 18)
• PG Naumachos (P 19)
• PG Kasos (P 57)
• PG Polemistes (P 61)
• PG Machetes (P 266)
• PG Nikephoros (P 267)
• PG Aettetos (P 268)
• PG Krataios (P 269)

Asheville class , from the US Navy inventory

• PC / PG Tolme (P 229)
• PC / PG Horme (P 230)

Patrol boats

• Tjeld class
  • CP Andromeda (P 196)
  • CP Kyknos (P 198)
  • CP Pegasus (P 199)
  • CP Toxotes (P 228)
• CP Diopos Antoniou (Ρ-286)
• CP Keleustes Stamou (Ρ-287)

Water tanker

• WT Kalliroe (A 468)
• WT Trichonis (A 466)
• WT Doirane (A 476)
• WT Kerkine (A 433)
• WT Prespa (A 434)
• WT Stymphalia (A 469)

Oil tankers

• OT Zeus (A 375)
• OT Uranos (A 416)
• OT Hyperion (A 417)
• OT Orion (A 376)

Supply ships

• AOR Prometheus (A 374)
• ATV Evros (A 415)
• LTV Karavogiannos (A 479)
• LTV Lykoudes (A 481)
• AO Axios (A 464)
• AO Aliakmon (A 470)

Hydrographic ships

• MRV Thetis (A 307)
• MRV Naphtilos (A 478)
• OCV Pythias (A 474)
• OCV Strabon (A 476)
• OCV Akatos 14 (AΚ 14)

tractor

• Danaos (A 427)
• Romaleos (A 442)
• Diomedes (A 409)
• Heracles (A 423)
• Odysseus (A 425)
• Jason (A 424)
• Atrometos (A 410)
• Gigas (A 432)
• Achilles (A 409)
• Aeas (A 412)
• Perseus (A 429)
• Atreus (A 439)
• Theseus (A 441)
• Nestor (A 428)
• Danaos (A 427)
• Pileus (A413)
• Pelias (A437)
• Aegeus (A 438)

Aircraft

The Greek naval aviators operate 18 helicopters (as of the end of 2019).

Aircraft	image	origin	use	version	active	Ordered	Remarks
helicopter
Bell UH-1		United States	Anti-submarine helicopter	FROM 212ASW	7th		Will be replaced by seven new MR-60Rs .
Sikorsky UH-60		United States	Multipurpose helicopter	S-70 / B-6 MR-60R	11 0	0 7th

Land-based systems

• Crotale air defense system
• Exocet anti-ship missile

Web links

Commons : Ships and Boats of the Greek Navy  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Commons : Helicopters of the Greek Navy  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ World Air Force 2020. Flight International , December 10, 2019, accessed January 4, 2020 . 
2. ↑ Gareth Jennings: US approves MH-60R sale to Greece. In: Jane's Information Group . July 15, 2019, accessed January 4, 2020 .