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 searcher
Electronic warfare & decoys
Argo AR 700 ESM system
Telegon 10 ESM system
Argo APECS II ECM system
4 SCLAR decoy launchers
Armament
1 × 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 2 × 324mm T/T for Mk46 torpedoes
Aircraft carried
1
Aviation facilities
Hangar for 1 Sikorsky S-70B-6 Aegean Hawk helicopter
The Greek frigate Spetsai (F-453) (Greek: Φ/Γ ΣΠΕΤΣΑΙ) is the second ship of the Greek Hydra frigate class. She is based on the Blohm + Voss MEKO 200 frigate class and was built by Hellenic Shipyards Co. at Skaramagas.[1] She is the fifth ship of the Hellenic Navy to be named after the Saronic Gulf island of Spetses. She has participated in international operations such as Enduring Freedom.
^Vice Admiral C. Paizis-Paradellis, HN (2002). Hellenic Warships 1829-2001 (3rd ed.). Athens, Greece: The Society for the study of Greek History. ISBN 960-8172-14-4.
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Hydra was the first of four frigates of the MEKO 200 type (the four being Hydra, Spetsai, Psara, and Salamis) ordered by the Greek government. The ship was...
borne the name Spetsai (Σπέτσαι), named after the island of Spetses, which played a major role in the Greek War of Independence: Spetsai (1828–1831), a...
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