HNLMS Bloys van Treslong (1980)

HNLMS Bloys van Treslong (F824) (Hr.Ms. Bloys van Treslong) was a frigate of the. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1982 to 2003. The frigate was named after Dutch naval hero Willem Bloys van Treslong. The ship's radio call sign was "PADG".

Dutch service history
HNLMS Bloys van Treslong was built at Wilton-Fijenoord in Schiedam. The keel laying took place on 5 May 1978 and the launching on 15 November 1980. The ship was put into service on 25 November 1982.

In 1993 the ship served as station ship in the West Indies. In this period she was sent to Haiti in support of the United Nations peace mission Support Democracy.

In 1996 she made a trip to Norway with the frigates HNLMS Jacob van Heemskerck, HNLMS Willem van der Zaan, HNLMS Tromp and the replenishment ship HNLMS Amsterdam (A836).

In 2003 the vessel was decommissioned and was sold to the Hellenic Navy.

Greek service history
The ship was transferred in 2003 to the Hellenic Navy where the ship was renamed Nikiforos Fokas using the radio call sign "SZCH".