Eugenio´s Warships - F-463 Bouboulina

Country: Greece Greece

Class, [Type]: Kortenaer, [FF].

Builder: Koninklijke Maatschappij De Shelde, Flushing, Netherlands.

Launch date: 08 May 1982.

Commission date: 14 December 2001.

Decommission date: 18 February 2013.

Displacement ( tons ): 3.050 standard, 3.630 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 130,5 x 14,6 x 6,2

Main machinery: CODOG: 2 x RR Olympus TM3B gas turbines ( 50.880 hp ), 2 x RR Tyne RM1C gas turbines ( 9.900 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 30.

Range ( miles ): 4.700 at 16 knots on Tynes.

Complement: 176 ( 17 officers ).

Guns: 1 x OTO Melara 76mm/62 Compact, 1 x GE/GD Vulcan Phalanx Mk15 CIWS 20mm, 2 x Oerlikon Mk10 20mm/70.

Missiles: SSM: 8 x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon, in two quad launchers; SAM: 1 x Mk29 launcher ( 24 x RIM-7M Sea Sparrow missiles ).

Torpedoes: 4 x 324mm Mk 32 ( 2 x double tubes ). Honeywell Mk 46 mod 5.

Radar: Air: 1 x Thales LW 08, D band, 264km ( 145 mn ) range; Surface: 1 x Thales ZW 06, I band; Fire Control: 1 x Thales WM25, I/J bands, 1 x Thales STIR, I/J/K bands.

Sonar: Westinghouse SQS 505, hull mounted.

Countermeasures: Decoys: 2 x Loral Hycor SRBOC Mk 36. Infrared flares and chaff. SLQ-25 Nixie towed acoustic torpedo decoy; ESM/ECM: Elettronica ELT/715 ( intercept ), Ramses ( jammer ).

Helicopter: 2 x AB-212 ASW.

Callsign: SZCQ ( Sierra Zulu Charlie Quebec )