Greek frigate Limnos

Limnos F-451
History
Greece
Name	Limnos
Namesake	Lemnos island and the Battle of Lemnos (1913)
Builder	Royal Schelde
Launched	October 27, 1979
Commissioned	1982
Status	in active service
Notes	Official Hellenic Navy page
General characteristics
Class and type	Elli-class frigate
Displacement	3,500 tons (3,800 t max)
Length	130 m (430 ft)
Beam	14.6 m (48 ft)
Draft	65 m (213 ft)
Propulsion	COGOG system: 2 Rolls Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines, 4,900 shp each; 2 Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 25,700 shp each (boost); 2 shafts
Speed	30-knot (56 km/h) maximum 20-knot (37 km/h) cruise
Complement	196
Crew	176-196
Armament	2 × OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cal., 2 × Mk15 Phalanx 20 mm CIWS, 2 Mk141 4 × 8 Harpoon missile launchers, Mk29 octuple launcher for 24 × RIM-7M SAMs, 2 Mk32 2 × 324mm T/T for Mk46 torpedoes
Aircraft carried	2 AB 212 ASW helicopter or 1 Sikorsky S-70B-6 Aegean Hawk

The Limnos (F451) is one of the Greek Elli class of frigates and is the third Hellenic Navy ship by that name. The class is based on the Royal Netherlands Navy's Kortenaer class and was built in a Dutch shipyard; however, unlike later members of its class in the Hellenic Navy, it was not originally in Dutch service, but was sold directly to Greece.

The Limnos was built at the Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde in Vlissingen, Holland, along with the frigate Elli as part of a commission for the two ships from the Greek government.

Operations

The Limnos took part in several operations including Operation Desert Storm, Operation Desert Shield and more.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of the ship is a copy of the battleship Lemnos's coat of arms. It depicts the lyra of the ancient poet and kitharode Arion and dolphins in waves.

References

• http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/en/?option=com_content&view=article&id=719&catid=166&Itemid=1203

External links

• Official Hellenic Navy page for Standard Class Frigates (English)