Spetsai (F 453)

**Spetsai**
	Spetsai (F-453)
Ship data
flag	Greece
Ship type	frigate
class	MEKO 200 HN or Hydra class
Callsign	SZCC
Shipyard	Hellenic Shipyards , Skaramagas
Keel laying	December 12, 1993
Launch	December 20, 1994
Commissioning	April 30, 1998
Ship dimensions and crew
length	117.5 m ( Lüa )
width	14.8 m
Draft	Max. 6 m
displacement	3350 t
crew	198 men
Machine system
machine	2 General Electric LM2500- gas turbines ( CODOG drive )
Machine ; performance	60,656 hp (44,612 kW)
Top ; speed	31 kn (57 km / h)
propeller	2 variable pitch propellers
Armament
	1 × 125 mm Mark 45 lightweight gun ; 2 × 20 mm phalanx CIWS ; 2 × Mk-141 rocket launchers for 4 × 8 AGM-84 Harpoon ; 1 × Mk-48 Mod 2 vertical take-off system for 16 × RIM-162 Evolved Sea Sparrow Missile (ESSM); 2 × Mk-32 Mod 5 for 3 Mark-46 lightweight torpedo ; 1 × hangar for helicopter S-70B-6 Aegeanhawk ; 1 × AN / SLQ-25 Nixie towing flare ; 1 × Mk 36 SRBOC decoys launcher;
Sensors
	1 × Signalaal MW08 air surveillance radar ; 1 × Signaal DA08 maritime and air surveillance radar; 2 × Signalaal STIR fire control radar ; 1 × Racal Decca 2690 BT navigation radar device; 1 × Raytheon SQS-56 / DE 1160 HMS and VDS sonar ; 1 × Mk XII Mod 4 IFF radar; 2 × Signaal Mk 73 Mod 1 fire control radar for ESSM; 1 × Signalaal STACOS-TU / FD command and control system; 1 × Argo AR 700 ESM system; 1 × Telegon 10 ESM system; 1 × Argo APECS II ECM system; 1 × SAR-8 infrared aiming system ; 1 × Link 11 / Link 14 communication;

HS Spetsai ( Greek Σπέτσαι = from Spetses ) is a Greek frigate of the MEKO 200 HN or Hydra class. It is the second ship of its class and the first to be built in the Greek shipyard Hellenic Shipyards in Skaramagas . It is the fifth ship named after the island of Spetses .

The first captain of the ship was frigate captain D. Kourkouli. The crew consists of 27 officers and 171 NCOs and men . HS Spetsai participated in Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Irini .

literature

K. Paisi-Paradeli: Τα ΠΛΟΙΑ του ΠΟΛΕΜΙΚΟΥ ΝΑΥΤΙΚΟΥ 1829–1999. ISBN 960-86501-1-9 , p. 143.

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