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HNLMS Jan van Brakel (F825)

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section1	{{Infobox ship/image
image	Standaardfregat Hr.Ms. Jan van Brakel (F825) (2158 005315).jpg
image_caption	HNLMS Jan van Brakel (F825)
section2	{{Infobox ship/career
country	Netherlands
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name	HNLMS Jan van Brakel
namesake	Jan van Brakel
builder	Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde (KMS), Vlissingen
laid_down	16 November 1979
launched	16 May 1981
commissioned	14 April 1983
decommissioned	12 October 2001
identification	F825
fate	Sold to Greece, 29 November 2002
section3	{{Infobox ship/career
hide_header	title
country	Greece
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name	HS Kanaris
namesake	Konstantinos Kanaris
commissioned	29 November 2002
identification	F464
status	In active service
section4	{{Infobox ship/characteristics
class
displacement	* 3500 LT standard
* {{convert	3800	LT	t	abbr	on}} full load
length	130 m
beam	14.4 m
draft	4.4 m
propulsion	* Combined gas or gas (COGOG) system:
* 2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines, {{convert	4900	shp	abbr	on}} each
* 2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, {{convert	25700	shp	abbr	on}} each (boost)
speed	* 20 kn cruise
endurance
complement	176–196
armament	* 1 × OTO-Melara Compatto 76 mm/62 cal. gun
aircraft	2 × Sea Lynx helicopters (1 in peacetime)

3800 LT full load
2 × Rolls-Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines, 4900 shp each
2 × Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 25700 shp each (boost)
2 shafts
30 kn maximum
2 × twin Mk46 torpedo tubes
2 × quad RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missile launchers
1 × 8-cell Sea Sparrow anti-aircraft missile launchers
1 × Goalkeeper in Dutch service
1 × Phalanx in Greek service

HNLMS Jan van Brakel (F825) () was a frigate of the in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1983-2001. She was renamed HS Kanaris (F464) (Greek: Φ/Γ Κανάρης) upon transfer to the Hellenic Navy in 2002.

General characteristics

In the early 1970s, the Royal Netherlands Navy developed a 'Standard' frigate design to replace the destroyers of the and es. The 'Standard' design would have anti-submarine (the ) and anti-aircraft (the ) variants with different armaments on a common hull design. The first eight Kortenaers were ordered in 1974, with four more ordered in 1976, although two were sold to Greece while being built, and replaced by two of the anti-aircraft variant.

The Kortenaers were 130.2 m long overall and 121.8 m between perpendiculars, with a beam) of 14.4 m and a draft of 4.4 m. Displacement was 3000 LT standard and 3785 LT full load. The ship was powered by two 25800 shp Rolls-Royce Olympus TM 3B and two 4900 shp Rolls-Royce Tyne TM 1C gas turbines in a combined gas or gas (COGOG) arrangement, driving two propeller shafts. The Olympus engines gave a speed of 30 kn, and the Tyne cruise engines gave a speed of 20 kn.

Dutch service history

HNLMS Jan van Brakel was built at the KM de Schelde in Vlissingen. She was named after Jan van Brakel, a Dutch naval commander from the seventeenth century. The keel laying took place on 16 November 1979, and she was launched on 16 May 1981. The ship was put into service on 14 April 1983.

In 1988, she made a trip to the Far East and Australia to show the flag and for training, with the frigates & and the replenishment ship . From March-October 1993, she was deployed in the Adriatic Sea, supporting NATO and UN operations in Yugoslavia.

On 12 October 2001, she was decommissioned and sold to the Hellenic Navy.

Greek service history

The ship was commissioned into the Hellenic Navy on 29 November 2002 and renamed HS Kanaris (Greek: Φ/Γ Κανάρης) after Konstantinos Kanaris, a hero of the Greek War of Independence and later Prime Minister of Greece. She was assigned the radio call sign "SZDT".

File:Kanaris (F-464) in Málaga, 2008-08-11.jpg|Hellenic Navy frigate HS Kanaris (Φ/Γ Κανάρης) in Málaga. File:20080702-Faliron-HS Kanaris-F464.jpg|Hellenic Navy frigate HS Kanaris (Φ/Γ Κανάρης) at Phaleron Bay.

Notes

References

(2010). "F825 HNLMS Jan van Brakel". Seaforces.org.
(2023). "HS ''Kanaris'' (F 464)". Hellenicnavy.gr.
{{harvnb. Gardiner. Chumbley. 1995
{{Harvnb. Moore. 1979
"Maritieme kalender 1988". Scheepvaartmuseum.nl.
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