History
Netherlands
Name Philips van Almonde
Namesake Philips van Almonde
Builder Wilton-Fijenoord , Schiedam
Laid down 1 October 1977
Launched 11 August 1979
Commissioned 2 December 1981
Decommissioned 2002
Fate Sold to the Hellenic Navy
Greece
Name Themistoklis
Acquired 2003
Identification F465
Status active service
General characteristics
Class and type Kortenaer -class frigate
Displacement
3,500 long tons (3,600 t) standard
3,800 long tons (3,900 t) full load
Length 130 m (426 ft 6 in)
Beam 14.4 m (47 ft 3 in)
Draft 4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
Speed
20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) cruise
30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) maximum
Endurance 4,700 nautical miles at 16 knots (8,700 km at 30 km/h)
Complement 176–196
Armament
Aircraft carried 2 × Sea Lynx helicopters (1 in peacetime)
HNLMS Philips van Almonde (F823) (Dutch : Hr.Ms. Philips van Almonde ) was a frigate of the Kortenaer class . The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1981 to 2002. The frigate was named after Dutch naval hero Philips van Almonde . The ship's radio call sign was "PADF".[ 1]
Dutch service history
HNLMS Philips van Almonde was built at the Wilton-Fijenoord in Schiedam. The keel laying took place on 1 October 1977 and the launching on 11 August 1979. The ship was put into service on 2 December 1981.[ 1]
She, Jacob van Heemskerck and the replenishment ship Zuiderkruis participated in the Gulf War and were sent to replace Witte de With and Pieter Florisz on 4 and 5 December 1990.[ 2]
From 2 July to 15 December 1984 the ship participated in STANAVFORLANT .[ 1]
In 2001 after the 11 September attacks the ship took part in Operation Enduring Freedom .[ 3]
In 2002 the vessel was decommissioned was and sold to the Hellenic Navy .[ 1]
Greek service history
The ship was transferred in 2003 to the Hellenic Navy where the ship was renamed Themistoklis using the radio call sign "SZCG".[ 4] It is in the Elli-class of frigates of the Hellenic Navy.
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