P-61 Polemistis

Country:  Greece

Class, [Type]: Pyrpolitis, [PG].

Builder: Hellenic Shipyards, Skaramanga, Greece.

Launch date: 21 June 1993.

Commission date: 30 June 1995.

Displacement ( tons ): 450, 555 full load.

Dimensions ( metres ): 56,5 x 10 x 2,5

Main machinery: 2 x Wärtsilä-Nohab 16V25 diesels ( 10.000 hp ).

Speed ( knots ): 23,8.

Range ( miles ): 900 at 23.8 knots, 2.200 at15 knots.

Complement: 36 + 25 troops.

Guns: 1 x 76mm/62 OTO Melara Compact, 1 x 40mm/70 Bofors, 2 x 20mm/90 Rheinmetall.

Missiles:  SSM: 4 x McDonnell Douglas Harpoon (two double launchers), can be installed, but are not carried.

Mines: can use portable mine rails. Loads differ depending on type of mines carried, reported configurations are: 36 x U.S. Mk6 or 16 x U.S. Mk55 or 18 x German Mk18 mines.

Radar: Air/Surface search: 1 x Thales Triton; Navigation: 1 x Decca 1690; Fire Control: 1 x Alenia RTN-10X.

Callsign: SZEP ()

Comment: Revised version of the Modified Osprey 55 design in use by the Greek Navy (Armatolos class). Second unit of the class.

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