F-453 Spetsai

Country:  Greece

Class, [Type]: Meko 200 Mk3, [FF].

Builder: Hellenic Shipyards, Skaramanga, Greece.

Launch date: 09 December 1993.

Commission date: 24 October 1996.

Displacement ( tons ): 2.710 standard, 3.200 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 117,5 x 14,8 x 6

Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x MTU 20V956 TB82 diesels ( 5.200 hp each ), 2 x GE LM-2500-30 gas turbines ( 30.328 hp each ).

Speed ( knots ): 31 gas, 20 diesel.

Range ( miles ): 900 at 31.75 knots, 4.100 at 18 knots (diesel).

Complement: 173 ( 22 officers ) + 16 staff.

Guns: 1 x FMC 127mm/54 Mk45, 2 x GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS 20mm.

Missiles:  SSM: 8 x RGM-84C Harpoon ( two quad launchers ); SAM: 2 x VLS Mk 48 Mod. 2 for 16 x RIM-7M NATO Sea Sparrow.

Torpedoes: 6 x 324mm tubes ( two triple Mk 32 launchers ) for Honeywell Mk 46 Mod. 5 torpedoes.

Military lift: Fuel: 300 tons.

Radar: Navigation: 1 x Decca 2690BT ARPA, I band; Air Search: 1 x Thales MW-08 3-D; 1 x Thales DA-08 early warning; Fire Control: 2 x Thales STIR-18.

Sonar: Raytheon DE 1160 (SQS-56) hull-mounted (7.5 kHz) and VDS (12 kHz); UQN-4A echo sounder.

Countermeasures: ESM: ArgoSystems AR-700 intercept; ECM: ArgoSystems APECS-II, perturbador; EADS Telegon-10 HFD/F; 4 x Mk 36 Mod. 2 SRBOC decoy system ; SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy.

Helicopter: 1 x Sikorsky S-70B-6 Seahawk (with Penguin Mk 2 Mod. 7 missiles and Mk 46 Mod. 2 torpedoes).

Callsign: SZCC ()

Similar units:

 F454 Psara
 F455 Salamis