Kortenaer class frigate

The "Kortenaer" class was a class of frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. They were built to be a general purpose frigate; able to combat all surface, submarine and aircraft targets. Like some of the other frigates of the 1970s and 1980s, they featured a COGOG (Combined gas or gas) propulsion system. 10 were built by de Schelde in Flushing and 2 by Wilton-Fijenoord in Schiedam between 1978 and 1982. Only 10 served with the Royal Netherlands Navy: 2 were sold to Greece while still under construction and replaced by 2 "Jacob van Heemskerck class" frigates which are basically an AAW variant of the Kortenaer class.

8 similar ships were built by Germany during the same period in the "Bremen" class. By 2003 all ships were transferred to the navies of Greece and the United Arab Emirates. The Greek frigates were renamed the "Elli" class.

In Dutch service the frigates were armed with a Goalkeeper CIWS on top of the helicopter-hangar. In Greek service they were replaced with Phalanx CIWS due to high maintenance costs.

hips

The ships were named after Dutch captains and admirals

Two ships Elli and Limnos were built for the Greek Navy in 1981, They are referred to as the Elli class frigates by the Hellenic Navy and have different equipment and weapons from the Dutch ships.

The Imperial Iranian Navy ordered 8 modified ships from Royal Schelde but the contract was cancelled after the Iranian revolution.

External links

[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RxasVjxvEY HS ELLI (F-450)3d video]