Limnos - F451

 

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