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| HS Degiannis FACM of the Hellenic Navy. Photo: D-Mitch |
On Friday, October 27, I had the opportunity to visit the fast attack craft P-26 Degiannis, third vessel in the Kavaloudis class (Combattante IIIB) of the Hellenic Navy. The six vessels in the class were built in Hellenic Shipyards and delivered to the Navy in the period 1980-1981. One of the vessels, P-25 Kostakos which was sunk in November 4th, 1996, when it was struck by Samaina a passenger ferry and four members of the crew lost their lives in that tragic accident. The Kavaloudis-class boats have not been modernized as their older sisters, the Laskos class (Combattante IIIA) (photo gallery of HS Blessas here). However, they have replaced their ageing missile systems, the 40km-range Penguin anti-ship missiles, with Harpoon that has three times the maximum range of a Penguin missile. Another new addition to the equipment of the vessel is that of a SIMRAD navigation radar which supplements the old Decca radar. HS Degiannis, together with the Hydra class frigate HS Psara (photo gallery here) and Papanikolis class submarine HS Matrozos were opened to the public at Piraeus harbor due to the forthcoming celebration of Ohi Day (anniversary of the "No") to commemorate the rejection by Greek Prime Minister Metaxas of the ultimatum made by Italian dictator Mussolini on October 28, 1940 during WWII. I hope you will enjoy the photos!
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| The three warships at Piraeus harbor. Photo: D-Mitch |
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| View from the bow. |
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| OTO Melara Compatto 76mm gun |
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| The main mast and the bridge |
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| Pollux FCS atop the bridge |
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| DR3000, Triton, SIMRAD, Decca and Pollux |
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| The dome of the new SIMRAD radar |
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| Decoy launcher and mount for MG3 |
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| EMERLEC and mount for MG3 |
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| EMERLEC twin 30mm gun system |
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| EMERLEC anti-aircraft gun turrets |
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| Two twin Harpoon launchers (two canisters are loaded) that replaced six Penguin launchers |
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| Harpoon launcher with one canister |
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| 21in torpedo launcher and aft 3in gun |
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| EMERLEC gun mounts |
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| The free space amidships after the removal of Penguin launchers |
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| Harpoon launcher and main mast |
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| Mk141 Harpoon launcher |
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| Mk141 Harpoon launchers |
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| Mk141 launcher with a single Harpoon canister |
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| Harpoon launchers amidships |
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| 21in torpedo launcher |
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| Torpedo loading rack |
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| MG3 machine gun shield |
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| RBOC decoy launcher |
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| EMERLEC gun mount |
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| EMERLEC gun mount |
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| RBOC Mk135 sextuple decoy launcher |
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| Thomson Pollux FCS |
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| CSEE Panda optical director |
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| Harpoon launchers and RIB amidships |
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| RBOC launcher |
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| CSEE Panda optical director |
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| Atop the bridge |
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| The screen for SIMRAD radar inside the bridge |
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| View of the bridge and the mast |
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| Bow view of HS Degiannis |
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| Close-up photo of the mast |
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| Bow view of HS Degiannis fast attack craft |
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| View of HS Degiannis fast attack craft from frigate HS Psara |
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