Elli-class frigate

Kountouriotis (ex-HNLMS Kortenaer)
Class overview
Operators:	Hellenic Navy
Completed:	10
Active:	9
Retired:	1
General characteristics
Type:	Frigate
Displacement:	3500 tons standard (3,800 tons max)
Length:	130 m (430 ft)
Beam:	14.5 m (48 ft)
Draft:	4.4 m (14 ft 5 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 (Elli and 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. Elli, for which the class is named, is itself named after two famous Greek cruisers, one of which was sunk during World War II.

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

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

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Ship classes of the Hellenic Navy
Frigates	Hydra class Elli class
Gunboats	Asheville class Thetis class Osprey 55 class Osprey HSY-56A class
Submarines	Glafkos class (Neptune I) Poseidon class (Neptune II) Papanikolis class
Fast attack craft	La Combattante IIa class La Combattante III class La Combattante IIIb class Roussen class
Mine warfare ships	Hunt class mine hunters Osprey class mine hunters MSC-294 class minesweepers
Landing Vessels	Jason class LSTs Zubr class LCACs Barbe class

Kortenaer-class frigates
Royal Netherlands Navy	Kortenaer Callenburgh Van Kinsbergen Banckert Piet Hein Abraham Crijnssen Philips van Almonde Bloys van Treslong Jan van Brakel Willem van der Zaan / Pieter Florisz
Hellenic Navy Elli class	Elli Limnos Adrias (ex-Callenburgh) Aigaion (ex-Banckert) Navarinon (ex-Van Kinsbergen) Kountouriotis (ex-Kortenaer) Themistoklis (ex-Pieter Florisz) Kanaris (ex-Jan van Brakel) Themistoklis (ex-Philips van Almonde) Nikiforos Fokas (ex-Bloys van Treslong)
United Arab Emirates Navy	Abu Dhabi (ex-Abraham Crijnssen) Al Emirat (ex-Piet Hein)
Preceded by: Tromp class Followed by: Jacob van Heemskerck class
List of frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy List of frigates of the Hellenic Navy