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Hydra 2005

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
Ύδρα [Hydra]	F452		Blohm & Voss, Hamburg, Germany	17.12.1990	25.6.1991	12.11.1992	in service (2019)
Σπέτσαι [Spetsai]	F453		Hellenic Shipyards, Skaramanga	11.8.1992	9.12.1993	24.10.1996	in service (2019)
Ψαρά [Psara]	F454		Hellenic Shipyards, Skaramanga	9.12.1993	20.12.1994	30.4.1998	in service (2019)
Σαλαμίς [Salamis]	F455		Hellenic Shipyards, Skaramanga	20.12.1994	15.5.1997	16.12.1998	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	2800
Displacement full, t	3200
Length, m	109.5 pp 117.5 oa
Breadth, m	13.8 wl 14.8 oa
Draught, m	4.12 hull 6.00 over sonar
No of shafts	2
Machinery	CODOG: 2 General Electric LM-2500 gas turbines / 2 MTU 20V956 TB82 diesels
Power, h. p.	60660 / 10400
Max speed, kts	31
Fuel, t	diesel / gas turbine oil 300
Endurance, nm(kts)	4100(18)
Armament	2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84C), 2 x 8 Sea Sparrow SAM (VLS, 16 RIM-7M), 1 x 1 - 127/54 Mk 45, 2 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (Mk 46 Mod.5), 1 helicopter (S-70B-6 Seahawk)
Electronic equipment	Decca 2690BT, DA-08, MW-08, 2x STIR-1.8, 2x Mk 90 radars, SAR-8 e/o system, DE1160 (SQS-56), DE1164 sonars, APECS-II, AR-700, Telegon-10 ECM suites, 4x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, STACOS Mod. 2 CCS
Complement	173 + 16 staff

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Project history

In the mid-1980s plans were discussed for the purchase of a frigate design, to be built in Greece with foreign assistance. Among those considered were the Italian Lupo class and a modernised version of the British Leander class, but on 18 April 1988 it was announced that the German MEKO 200 class had been chosen, the first unit to be built by Blohm & Voss, Hamburg and the remaining three in Greece. Similar ships have been purchased by Portugal and Turkey. The ships are fitted with US-built weapons and some electronics, and have Sikorsky S-70B Seahawk helicopters. The first, German-built, ship Hydra, was completed in 1992 but did not formally commissioned until 30 April 1993, following a serious fire aboard her in January 1993 at Portland while she was on trials. The construction of the three Greek-built units was greatly delayed by much the same sort of financial difficulties as affected the proposed Kortenaer construction programme in the 1980s. In an attempt to speed up progress, sections of Spetsai were prefabricated in Germany and she was reportedly launched towards the end of 1993. Once again, Greek attempts to build warships in her own yards have been plagued with difficulties.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.