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Themistoklis 1980

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Θεμιστοκλῆς [Themistoklis] (ex-Frank Knox)	D210		Bath Iron Wks, USA	8.5.1944	17.9.1944	11.12.1944 // 30.1.1971	deleted 8.1992
Κανάρης [Kanaris] (ex-Stickell)	D212		Consolidated, Orange, USA	5.1.1945	16.6.1945	26.9.1945 // 1.7.1972	deleted 1994
Κουντουριώτης [Kountouriotis] (ex-Rupertus)	D213		Bethlehem, Quincy, USA	2.5.1945	21.9.1945	8.3.1946 // 10.7.1973	deleted 1995
Σαχτούρης [Sachtouris] (ex-Arnold J. Isbell)	D214		Bethlehem, Staten I, Port Richmond, USA	14.3.1945	6.8.1945	5.1.1946 // 4.12.1973	deleted 1993
Τομπάζης [Tompazis] (ex-Gurke)	D215		Todd-Pacific, Seattle, USA	1.7.1944	15.4.1945	5.12.1945 // 17.3.1977	deleted 1.1997
Αποστόλης [Apostolis] (ex-Charles P. Cecil)	D216		Bath Iron Wks, USA	2.12.1944	22.2.1945	29.6.1945 // 2.8.1980	deleted 1993
Κριεζής [Kriezis] (ex-Myles C. Fox)	D217		Bath Iron Wks, USA	14.8.1944	13.1.1945	20.3.1945 // 8.7.1981	deleted 1993

Technical data

Data variant	D210	D212-217
Displacement standard, t	2425	2425
Displacement full, t	3500	3500
Length, m	116.6 wl 119.0 oa	116.6 wl 119.0 oa
Breadth, m	12.5	12.5
Draught, m	4.45 hull 6.40 over sonar	4.45 hull 6.40 over sonar
No of shafts	2	2
Machinery	2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers	2 sets General Electric geared steam turbines, 4 Babcock & Wilcox boilers
Power, h. p.	60000	60000
Max speed, kts	30	30
Fuel, t	oil 650	oil 650
Endurance, nm(kts)	4800(15)	4800(15)
Armament	3 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 6 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 2 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 11 ASWRL	1 х 8 ASROC ASuR (14 RUR-5), 2 x 2 - 127/38 Mk 38, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 1 DCR
Electronic equipment	Decca nav., SPS-10, SPS-29, Mk 25 radars, SQS-23, SQA-10 VDS sonars, WLR-1 ECM suite	D212: Decca nav., SPS-10, SPS-29, Mk 25 radars, SQS-23D sonar, WLR-1, ULQ-6 decoy RL D213, 214: Decca nav., SPS-10, SPS-40, Mk 25 radars, SQS-23D sonar, WLR-1, ULQ-6 decoy RL D215, 216: LN-66, SPS-10, SPS-29, Mk 25 radars, SQS-23D sonar, WLR-1, ULQ-6 decoy RL
Complement	269	274

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Project history

Former USN Gearing class destroyers, received a FRAM II (first) and FRAM I (others) modernizaton.

Modernizations

1978, Themistoklis: + hangar and 1 helicopter (Alouette III)

late 1970s, Kanaris, Kountouriotis, Sachtouris, Tompazis, 1986, Apostolis, Kriezis:: + 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 350, RTN-20X radar

1980, Themistoklis: - 6 x 1 - 20/70; + 2 x 2 - 30/75 Emerlec EX-30

1987-1988, Themistoklis, Apostolis, Kriezis: + 2 x 2 Redeye SAM (some FIM-43)

1987-1988, Kanaris, Kountouriotis, Sachtouris, Toumpazis: + 2 x 2 Harpoon SSM (4 RGM-84A), 2 x 2 Redeye SAM (some FIM-43)

Naval service

No significant events.