Elli-class frigate

Elli-class frigate
Kountouriotis ex HNLMS Kortenear.
Class overview
Operators:	Hellenic Navy
Completed:	10
Active:	9
Retired:	1
General characteristics
Displacement:	3500 tons standard (3,800 tons max)
Length:	130 m (427 ft)
Beam:	14.5 m (47 ft)
Draft:	4.4 m (14 ft 3 in)
Propulsion:	combined gas or gas (COGOG) system 2 Rolls Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines, 4,900 shp (3,700 kW) each 2 Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 25,700 shp (19,200 kW) each (boost) 2 shafts
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h) cruising 30 knots (56 km/h) maximum
Range:	4,700 nmi (8,700 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h)
Complement:	176-196
Armament:	Elli class S-frigate (Elli, Limnos): 2 × OTO-Melara Compatto 76 mm/62 cal. gun 2 × 4 RGM-84 Harpoon SSM 1 × 8 round RIM-7M Sea Sparrow SAM launcher (+ reloads); 2 × Mk32 × 2 324 mm Torpedo Tubes; 2 × CIWS Mk15 Phalanx CIWS 20 mm ex-Dutch S-frigates in Greek service: 1 × OTO-Melara Compatto 76 mm/62 cal. gun 2 × 4 RGM-84 Harpoon SSM 1 × 8 round RIM-7M Sea Sparrow SAM launcher (+ reloads); 2 × Mk32 × 2 324 mm Torpedo Tubes; 1 × CIWS Mk15 Phalanx CIWS 20 mm
Aircraft carried:	2 helicopters (AB-212)

Elli-class vessels are a group of frigates operated by the Hellenic Navy. The ships are of Dutch origin. The first two ships (the Elli and the Limnos), which had lengthened hangars and different armament were built specifically for the Hellenic Navy. The remaining ships are ex-Royal Netherlands Navy S-frigates of the Kortenaer-class transferred to the Hellenic Navy in the late 1990s and early 2000s. The Elli (F-450), for which the class is named, is itself named after two famous Greek cruisers, one of which was sunk during World War II.

There is a midlife modernization programme for six of the ten Greek ships.The program is in progress at HSY and will be completed in 2009. The Kountouriotis (F-462) and the Adrias (F-459) have been modernized. The other four ships are the Navarinon (F-461), the Limnos (F-451), the Elli (F-450), and the Aegaeon (F-460). The main modernization works to be performed are the following:

• Replacement of the combat management system and installation of new sensors
• Overhaul and improvement of radars
• Replacement of navigation systems and upgrade of communications systems
• Replacement of propulsion control system and of defined platform systems.

Bouboulina (F-463) was decommissioned on 18 February 2013. It will be used as a source for spare parts.

Ships

Ship	Namesake	Commissioning date	Decommissioning date
Aigaion (F-460) Φ/Γ Αιγαίον	Aegean Sea	1993	(in service)
Adrias (F-459) Φ/Γ Αδρίας	Adriatic Sea	1993	(in service)
Bouboulina (F-463) Φ/Γ Μπουμπουλίνα	Laskarina Bouboulina	14 December 2001	18 February 2013
Elli (F-450) Φ/Γ Έλλη	Naval Battle of Elli	1981	(in service)
Kanaris (F-464) Φ/Γ Κανάρης	Constantine Kanaris	29 November 2002	(in service)
Kountouriotis (F-462) Φ/Γ Κουντουριώτης	Pavlos Kountouriotis	1997	(in service)
Limnos (F-451) Φ/Γ Λήμνος	Naval Battle of Lemnos	1982	(in service)
Navarinon (F-461) Φ/Γ Ναυαρίνον	Battle of Navarino	1995	(in service)
Nikiforos Fokas (F-466) Φ/Γ Νικηφόρος Φωκάς	Nikephoros II	2003	(in service)
Themistoklis (F-465) Φ/Γ Θεμιστοκλής -	Themistocles	2002	(inactive)

References

• Elli class frigates at the Hellenic Navy official web site
• Royal Schelde Group info on Standard Frigate (Kortenaer class)
• Παράδοση Φ/Γ ΚΟΥΝΤΟΥΡΙΩΤΗΣ F462 (Greek)
• hellenic-shipyards
• HS ELLI (F-450)3d video