Greek frigate Elli

History
Elli F-450
Greece
Name	Elli
Namesake	the Battle of Elli
Builder	Royal Schelde
Launched	10 October 1981
Commissioned	1982
Status	in active service
Notes	Official Hellenic Navy page
General characteristics
Class and type	Elli-class frigate
Displacement	3,360 tons
Length	130.5 m (428 ft)
Beam	14.6 m (48 ft)
Draft	6.2 m (20 ft)
Propulsion	COGOG system: 2 Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines, 4,900 shp each; 2 Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 25,700 shp each (boost); 2 shafts
Speed	30-knot (56 km/h) maximum 20-knot (37 km/h) cruise
Complement	198
Armament	2 × OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cal., 2 × Mk15 Phalanx 20 mm CIWS, 2 Mk141 4 × 8 Harpoon missile launchers, Mk29 octuple launcher for 24 × RIM-7M SAMs, 2 Mk32 2 × 324mm T/T for Mk46 torpedoes
Aircraft carried	1 AB 212 ASW helicopter

Greek frigate Elli (F450) (Greek: Φ/Γ Έλλη) is the lead ship of the Greek Elli class of frigates and the third Hellenic Navy ship by that name. The class is based on the Royal Netherlands Navy's Kortenaer class and was built in a Dutch shipyard; however, unlike later members of its class in the Hellenic Navy, it was not originally in Dutch service, but was sold directly to Greece.^[1]

The Elli was built at the Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde in Vlissingen, Holland, along with the frigate Limnos as part of a commission for the two ships from the Greek government. Her maiden voyage was on 10 October 1981 under her first captain, Grigoris Demestihas. She arrived in Greece on 15 November that year.

The Elli took part in the Persian Gulf War from 1990–91, enforcing the UN resolution on Iraq in the neighborhood of the Red Sea.

References

^ Vice Admiral C. Paizis-Paradellis, HN (2002). Hellenic Warships 1829-2001 (3rd ed.). Athens, Greece: The Society for the study of Greek History. p. 65. ISBN 978-960-8172-14-2.