Greek frigate Limnos

History
Greece
Name	Limnos
Namesake	Lemnos island and the Battle of Lemnos (1913)
Laid down	13 June 1978
Launched	27 October 1979
Commissioned	18 September 1982
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class and type	Elli-class frigate
Displacement	3,500 tons (3,800 t max)
Length	130 m (426 ft 6 in)
Beam	14.6 m (47 ft 11 in)
Draft	6.2 m (20 ft 4 in)
Propulsion	COGOG system: 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines, 4,900 shp (3,700 kW) each; 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 25,700 shp (19,200 kW) each (boost); 2 shafts
Speed	30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) maximum 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) cruise
Complement	196
Armament	2 × OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cal. gun 2 × Mk15 Phalanx 20 mm CIWS 2 Mk 141 4 × 8 Harpoon missile launchers Mk 29 octuple launcher for 24 × RIM-7M SAMs 2 Mk 32 2 × 324 mm torpedo tubes for Mk46 torpedoes
Aircraft carried	2 AB 212 ASW helicopter or 1 Sikorsky S-70B-6 Aegean Hawk

Limnos (F451) is an Elli-class frigate of the Hellenic Navy, and the third Greek warship to bear the 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 her class in the Hellenic Navy, she was not originally in Dutch service, but was sold directly to Greece. Limnos was constructed in Vlissingen, Netherlands, along with her sister ship Elli. The contract for her construction was signed in Athens in July 1981 and her commissioning took place on 18 September 1982. After commissioning, Limnos joined the Hellenic Fleet on 5 November 1982 and since then she has actively participated in its activities.^[1]