From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Class of naval ship
Osprey 55-class gunboat P-19 HS
Navmachos
at Faliron Bay,
Greece
.
|
Class overview
|
Builders
|
- Hellenic Shipyards, Scarmanga (Greek ships)
- Danyard A/S, Frederikshaven, Denmark
|
Operators
| |
Built
| 1986?1990
|
Completed
| 7
|
Active
| 7
|
General characteristics
Armatolos
class (after re-arming)
[1]
|
Type
| Gunboat
|
Displacement
| 555 long tons (564 t) full load
|
Length
| 54.8 m (179 ft 9 in)
|
Beam
| 10.5 m (34 ft 5 in)
|
Draught
| 2.6 m (8 ft 6 in)
|
Propulsion
|
- 2× MTU 16V 1163 TB63 diesels
- 10,000 hp (7,500 kW)
- 2 shafts
|
Speed
| 25 kn (29 mph; 46 km/h)
|
Range
|
- 500 mi (430 nmi; 800 km) at 25 kn (29 mph; 46 km/h)
- 2,800 mi (2,400 nmi; 4,500 km) at 12 kn (14 mph; 22 km/h)
|
Troops
| 25
|
Complement
| 36
|
Sensors and
processing systems
|
- Thomson-CSF Triton Surface search radar
- Selenia RTNX fire control radar
|
Electronic warfare
& decoys
| Thomson-CSF DR 2000S
ESM
|
Armament
| |
The
Osprey 55-class gunboat
is a
Danish
-designed class of naval ship currently in service in the
Hellenic Navy
and
Royal Moroccan Navy
. Two ships were ordered by
Greece
in March 1988 and built by
Hellenic Shipyards
. The first one was laid down on 8 May 1989 and launched on 19 December 1989. The second ship was laid down on 9 November 1989 and launched on 16 May 1990. Armament is of modular design and therefore can be changed. 76-millimetre (3 in) guns replaced the
Bofors 40 mm (1.6 in) guns
in 1995, after being taken from decommissioned
Gearing
-class
destroyers
. Options on more of the class were shelved in favour of the slightly larger
HSY-55 class
.
Four other ships were ordered by the
Royal Moroccan Navy
all received between 1987 and 1990.
[2]
Built in
Frederikshavn
,
Denmark
, they were only armed with one
Bofors 40 mm
and two
Oerlikon 20 mm cannon
.
[3]
El Lahiq
is equipped with a cartographic sonar and North American navigation systems for
hydrographic
research.
[4]
Incidents at sea
[
edit
]
On 4 May 2018 a Turkish-flagged cargo ship named
Karmate
(IMO: 8135461, MMSI: 271002030)
[5]
collided with HS
Armatolos
P-18 off the coast of the island of
Lesbos
, while the gunboat was participating in a
NATO
mission (called Aegean Activity for controlling migrant flows into the Aegean) in the
Aegean Sea
.
[6]
[7]
[8]
According to available information, before the collision the captain of the gunboat sounded warning horns and sent repeated radio messages but there was no response from the Turkish ship while the Turkish ship violated maritime safety rules (like giving priority to a military vessel). The damage to the Greek gunboat was very small according to the available information from the Greek minister of defence.
Ships
[
edit
]
References
[
edit
]
Sources
[
edit
]
- Baker, A.D. (1998).
The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World 1998?1999
. Annapolis, Maryland, USA: Naval Institute Press.
ISBN
1-55750-111-4
.
- Saunders, Stephen (2002).
Jane's Fighting Ships 2002?2003
. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group.
ISBN
0710624328
.
- Hellenic Navy website