HNLMS Kortenaer (F807)

Kortenaer at sea
History
Netherlands
NameKortenaer
NamesakeEgbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer
BuilderKM de Schelde, Vlissingen
Laid down8 April 1975
Launched18 December 1976
Commissioned26 October 1978
Decommissioned1997
FateSold to the Hellenic Navy
Greece
NameKountouriotis
NamesakePavlos Kountouriotis
Commissioned15 December 1997
IdentificationF462
Statusactive service
General characteristics
Class and typeKortenaer-class frigate
Displacement
  • 3,500 long tons (3,600 t) standard
  • 3,800 long tons (3,900 t) full load
Length130 m (426 ft 6 in)
Beam14.4 m (47 ft 3 in)
Draft4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) cruise
  • 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) maximum
Endurance4,700 nautical miles at 16 knots (8,700 km at 30 km/h)
Complement176–196
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × 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 to 1997 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?]

  1. ^ "helis.com". Retrieved 9 September 2018.