![]() Kortenaer at sea
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Name | Kortenaer |
Namesake | Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer |
Ordered | 1974 |
Builder | KM de Schelde, Vlissingen |
Laid down | 8 April 1975 |
Launched | 18 December 1976 |
Commissioned | 26 October 1978 |
Decommissioned | 15 February 1996 |
Fate | Sold to the Hellenic Navy, June 1997 |
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Name | Kountouriotis |
Namesake | Pavlos Kountouriotis |
Acquired | June 1997 |
Commissioned | 15 December 1997 |
Identification | F 462 |
Status | Active service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Kortenaer-class frigate |
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Length | 130 m (426 ft 6 in) |
Beam | 14.4 m (47 ft 3 in) |
Draft | 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in) |
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Speed |
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Endurance | 4,700 nautical miles at 16 knots (8,700 km at 30 km/h) |
Complement | 176–196 |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × Sea Lynx helicopters (1 in peacetime) |
HNLMS Kortenaer (F807) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Kortenaer) was a frigate of the Kortenaer class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1978-97 and today serves as HS Kountouriotis with the Hellenic Navy. The frigate was initially named after Dutch naval hero Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer and then after Pavlos Kountouriotis, distinguished Admiral of the Hellenic Navy, responsible for Greek naval victories in the Aegean Sea that secured the Aegean for Greece during the First Balkan War. The ship's radio call sign was "PADA".[1][unreliable source?]