HNLMS Jan van Brakel

History
Netherlands
Name:	HNLMS Jan van Brakel (F825)
Namesake:	Jan van Brakel
Builder:	Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde (KMS), Vlissingen[1]
Laid down:	16 November 1979[1]
Launched:	16 May 1981[1]
Commissioned:	14 April 1983[1]
Decommissioned:	12 October 2001[1]
Fate:	Sold to Greece, 29 November 2002[2]
Greece
Name:	HS Kanaris (F464)
Namesake:	Constantine Kanaris
Acquired:	29 November 2002
Status:	in active service, as of 2016
General characteristics
Class and type:	Kortenaer-class frigate
Displacement:	3,500 long tons (3,600 t) standard 3,800 long tons (3,900 t) full load
Length:	130 m (426 ft 6 in)
Beam:	14.4 m (47 ft 3 in)
Draft:	4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion:	Combined gas or gas (COGOG) system: 2 × Rolls Royce Tyne RM1C gas turbines, 4,900 shp (3,700 kW) each 2 × Rolls Royce Olympus TM3B gas turbines, 25,700 shp (19,200 kW) each (boost) 2 shafts
Speed:	20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) cruise 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) maximum
Endurance:	4,700 nautical miles @ 16 knots (8,700 km @ 30 km/h)
Complement:	176–196
Armament:	1 × OTO-Melara Compatto 76 mm/62 cal. gun 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 (Phalanx in Greek service)
Aircraft carried:	2 × Sea Lynx helicopters (1 in peace-time)

HNLMS Jan van Brakel (F825) was a Kortenaer-class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy. It was named after Jan van Brakel, a Dutch naval commander from the seventeenth century.^[2]

It was launched on 16 May 1981, commissioned by the Dutch Navy on 14 April 1983, and was transferred to the Hellenic Navy on 29 November 2002 as Kanaris (F464) (Greek: Κανάρης).^[2]

References

1. "F825 HNLMS Jan van Brakel". seaforces.org. 2010. Retrieved 9 February 2012.
2. "HS Kanaris". hellenicnavy.gr. 2012. Retrieved 9 February 2012.