Kortenaer class frigate
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| Kortenaer class frigate | |
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| Class Overview | |
| Class Type | General purpose frigate |
| Class Name | In honor of Admiral Egbert Kortenaer |
| Preceded By | Van Speijk-class frigate |
| Succeeded By | Karel Doorman-class multi-purpose frigate |
| General characteristics | |
| Displacement: | 3500 tons (3800 tons max) |
| Length: | 130m (417ft) |
| Beam: | 14.4m (47ft) |
| Draft: | 4.4m (14ft 3in) |
| Propulsion: | combined gas or gas (COGOG) system: 2 Rolls Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines, 4,900 shp each; |
| Speed: | 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Cruise speed: | 20 knots (38 km/h) |
| Range: | 4,700 nautical miles at 16 knots |
| Complement: | 176-196 |
| Armament: | 1 OTO-Melara Compatto 76 mm/62 cal. gun (Elli and Limnos have 2); 4 Mk46 torpedo tubes (2 twin mounts); |
| Aircraft: | 2 Sea Lynx helicopters (1 in peace-time) |
The Kortenaer class was a class of frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. They were built to be a general purpose frigate; able to combat all surface, submarine and aircraft targets. Like some of the other frigates of the 1970s and 1980s, they featured a COGOG (Combined gas or gas) propulsion system. 10 were built by de Schelde in Flushing and 2 by Wilton-Fijenoord in Schiedam between 1978 and 1982. Only 10 served with the Royal Netherlands Navy: 2 were sold to Greece while still under construction and replaced by 2 Jacob van Heemskerck class frigates which are basically an AAW variant of the Kortenaer class.
8 similar ships were built by Germany during the same period in the Bremen class. By 2003 all ships were transferred to the navies of Greece and the United Arab Emirates. The Greek frigates were renamed the Elli class.
In Dutch service the frigates were armed with a Goalkeeper CIWS on top of the helicopter-hangar. In Greek service they were replaced with Phalanx due high maintenance costs.
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The ships were named after Dutch captains and admirals
| Ship | Penant number | Named after | builder | Laid down | Launched | Commissioned | Decommissioned | Status |
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| Kortenaer | F807 | Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer | Royal Schelde | April 8, 1975 | December 18, 1976 | October 26, 1978 | 1997 | Sold to the  Hellenic Navy as F462 Kountouriotes (Κουντουριώτης) |
| Callenburgh | F808 | Gerard Callenburgh | Royal Schelde | September 2, 1975 | March 26, 1977 | July 26, 1979 | 1994 | Sold to the Hellenic Navy as the F459 Adrias (Αδριάς) |
| Van Kinsbergen | F809 | Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen | Royal Schelde | September 2, 1975 | April 16, 1977 | April 24, 1980 | 1995 | Sold to the Hellenic Navy as the F461 Navarinon (Ναυαρίνον) |
| Banckert | F810 | Joost Banckert | Royal Schelde | February 25, 1976 | September 30, 1978 | October 29, 1980 | 1993 | Sold to the Hellenic Navy as the F460 Aegaeon (Αιγαίον) |
| Piet Hein | F811 | Piet Pieterszoon Hein | Royal Schelde | April 28, 1977 | June 3, 1978 | April 14, 1981 | 1998 | Sold to the  United Arab Emirates as the Al Emirat |
| Abraham Crijnssen | F816 | Abraham Crijnssen | Royal Schelde | October 25, 1978 | May 16, 1981 | January 26, 1983 | 1997 | Sold to the United Arab Emirates as the Abu Dhabi |
| Philips van Almonde | F823 | Philips van Almonde | Wilton-Fijenoord | October 1, 1977 | August 11, 1979 | December 2, 1981 | 2002 | Sold to the Hellenic Navy as the F465 Themistokles (Θεμιστοκλής ) |
| Bloys van Treslong | F824 | Willem Bloys van Treslong | Wilton-Fijenoord | May 5, 1978 | November 15, 1980 | November 25, 1982 | 2003 | Sold to the Hellenic Navy as the F466 Nikiforos Fokas |
| Jan van Brakel | F825 | Jan van Brakel | Royal Schelde | November 16, 1979 | May 16, 1981 | April 14, 1983 | 2001 | Sold to the Hellenic Navy as the F464 Kanaris (Κανάρης) |
| Pieter Florisz (ex-Willem van der Zaan) | F826 | Pieter Florisse | Royal Schelde | January 21, 1981 | May 8, 1982 | October 1, 1983 | 2001 | Sold to the Hellenic Navy as the F463 Bouboulina (Μπουμπουλίνα) |
Two ships Elli and Limnos were built for the Greek Navy in 1981, They are referred to as the Elli class frigates by the Hellenic Navy and have different equipment and weapons from the Dutch ships.
The Imperial Iranian Navy ordered 8 modified ships from Royal Schelde but the contract was cancelled after the Iranian revolution.
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