greek, frigate, psara, other, ships, with, same, name, greek, ship, psara, greek, Ψαρά, third, ship, greek, hydra, class, frigates, based, blohm, voss, meko, frigate, class, built, hellenic, shipyards, skaramangas, part, programme, participated, various, nato,. For other ships with the same name see Greek ship Psara The Greek frigate Psara F 454 Greek F G PSara is the third ship of the Greek Hydra class frigates It is based on the Blohm Voss MEKO 200 frigate class and was built by Hellenic Shipyards Co at Skaramangas as part of the programme She has participated in various NATO and international operations such as Sharp Guard Decisive Enhancement Operation Enduring Freedom EU Operation Atalanta Psara F 454 F G PSara F 454 HistoryGreeceNamesakethe Psara IslandBuilderHellenic Shipyards Co LaunchedDecember 20 1994Commissioned1998Statusin active serviceGeneral characteristicsClass and typeHydra class frigateDisplacement3 350 tonsLength117 m 383 9 ft Beam14 8 m 48 6 ft Draft6 m 19 7 ft Propulsion2 shaft CODOG controllable pitch propellers 2 General Electric LM2500 gas turbines 60 656 hp 45 231 kW 2 MTU 20V 956 diesel engines 10 040 hp 7 490 kW Speed31 knots 57 km h maximumRange4 100 nmi 7 600 km 4 700 mi at 16 knots 30 km h diesels Complement173Sensors and processing systemsSignaal MW08 air search radar Signaal DA08 air surface radar 2 Signaal STIR fire control radar Racal Decca 2690 BT navigation radar Raytheon SQS 56 DE 1160 hull mounted and VDS sonar SLQ 25 Nixie torpedo decoy Mk XII Mod 4 IFF radar 2 Signaal Mk 73 Mod 1 radar for ESSM Signaal STACOS Mod 2 combat data system SAR 8 IR searcherElectronic warfare amp decoysArgo AR 700 ESM system Telegon 10 ESM system Argo APECS II ECM system 4 SCLAR decoy launchersArmament1 Mk 45 Mod 2A 2 Mk15 Phalanx 20 mm CIWS 2 Mk141 4 8 Harpoon missile launchers Mk 48 Mod 2 vertical launcher for 16 RIM 162 ESSM 2 Mk32 Mod 5 324 mm 13 in torpedo tubes for Mk46 torpedoesAircraft carried1Aviation facilitiesHangar for 1 Sikorsky S 70B 6 Aegean Hawk helicopterOn 29 March 2009 as flagship of EU NAVFOR Atalanta Psara was involved in the capture of Somalian pirates fleeing from an unsuccessful hijack attempt on the German tanker Spessart along with HNLMS De Zeven Provincien the Spanish frigate Victoria and USS Boxer 1 References edit Hellenic Navy Press release Archived from the original on 2011 06 14 Retrieved 2009 04 13 External links editOfficial Hellenic Navy page for Hydra Class Frigates English SNMG 1 Press release on Spessart incident Archived 2016 03 03 at the Wayback Machine Video of capture by the Hellenic Navy nbsp This article related to the military of Greece is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Greek frigate Psara amp oldid 1179641581, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
