Greek frigate Spetsai

	Spetsai (F-453); Φ/Γ ΣΠΕΤΣΑΙ (F 453)
History
Greece
Namesake	Spetses
Builder	Hellenic Shipyards Co.
Laid down	11 August 1992
Launched	9 December 1993
Commissioned	24 October 1996
Status	in active service as of 2010
Notes	Official Hellenic Navy page
General characteristics
Class and type	Hydra class frigate
Displacement	3,350 tons
Length	117 m (384 ft)
Beam	14.8 m (49 ft)
Draft	6 m (20 ft)
Propulsion	2 shaft CODOG, controllable pitch propellers ,; 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 60,656 hp; 2 MTU 20V 956 diesel engines, 10,040 hp;
Speed	31-knot (57 km/h) maximum; 20-knot (37 km/h) cruise;
Range	4,100 nmi (7,600 km; 4,700 mi) at 16 knots (30 km/h; 18 mph) (diesels)
Complement	173
Sensors and ; processing systems	Signaal MW08 air search radar; Signaal DA08 air surface radar; 2 Signaal STIR fire control radar; Racal Decca 2690 BT navigation radar; Raytheon SQS-56/DE 1160 hull-mounted and VDS sonar; SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy; Mk XII Mod 4 IFF radar; 2 Signaal Mk 73 Mod 1 radar for ESSM; Signaal STACOS Mod 2 combat data system; SAR-8 IR searcher;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Argo AR 700 ESM system; Telegon 10 ESM system; Argo APECS II ECM system; 4 SCLAR decoy launchers;
Armament	1 × Mk 45 Mod 2A,; 2 × Mk15 Phalanx 20 mm CIWS,; 2 Mk141 4 × 8 Harpoon missile launchers,; Mk 48 Mod 2 vertical launcher for 16 × RIM-162 ESSM,; 2 Mk32 Mod 5 2 × 324mm T/T for Mk46 torpedoes;
Aircraft carried	1
Aviation facilities	Hangar for 1 Sikorsky S-70B-6 Aegean Hawk helicopter

The Greek frigate Spetsai (F-453) (Greek: Φ/Γ ΣΠΕΤΣΑΙ) is the second ship of the Greek Hydra frigate class. She is based on the Blohm + Voss MEKO 200 frigate class and was built by Hellenic Shipyards Co. at Skaramagas.^[1] She is the fifth ship of the Hellenic Navy to be named after the Saronic Gulf island of Spetses. She has participated in international operations such as Enduring Freedom.

References

^ Vice Admiral C. Paizis-Paradellis, HN (2002). Hellenic Warships 1829-2001 (3rd ed.). Athens, Greece: The Society for the study of Greek History. ISBN 960-8172-14-4.