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The Kortenaer class was a class

Ship class

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of frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy

Royal Netherlands Navy

The Koninklijke Marine is the navy of the Netherlands. In the mid-17th century the Dutch Navy was the most powerful navy in the world and it played an active role in the wars of the Dutch Republic and later those of the Batavian Republic and the Kingdom of the Netherlands...

. 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. Ten were built by de Schelde in Flushing

Flushing, Netherlands

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and two by Wilton-Fijenoord

Wilton-Fijenoord

Wilton-Fijenoord was a shipbuilding and repair company in Schiedam in the Netherlands from 1929 to 1999.The company has since been fully absorbed into Damen Shiprepair.-Ships built:* De Zeven Provinciën class cruiser:** HNLMS De Ruyter,...

in Schiedam

Schiedam

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between 1978 and 1982. Only 10 served with the Royal Netherlands Navy: two were sold to Greece while still under construction and replaced by two Jacob van Heemskerck class

Jacob van Heemskerck class frigate

The Jacob van Heemskerck class frigate was a class of frigates of the Royal Netherlands Navy. They were built to be an air defence version of the Kortenaer class frigate. 2 ships were built for the Dutch Navy and have recently been sold to the Chilean Navy...

frigates which are basically an AAW variant of the Kortenaer class. The Greek frigates were renamed the Elli class

Elli class frigate

Elli-class vessels are a group of frigates operated by the Hellenic Navy. The ships are of Dutch origin. The first two ships , which had lengthened hangars and different armament were built specifically for the Hellenic Navy...

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Eight similar ships were built by Germany during the same period in the Bremen class

Bremen class frigate

The eight F122 Bremen class frigates of the German Navy were commissioned between 1982 and 1990. The design is similar to the Dutch Kortenaer class but uses a different hull and propulsion system. The ships were built for anti-submarine warfare as a primary task even though they are not fitted with...

Service

By 2003 all ships were transferred to the navies of Greece

Hellenic Navy

The Hellenic Navy is the naval force of Greece, part of the Greek Armed Forces. The modern Greek navy has its roots in the naval forces of various Aegean Islands, which fought in the Greek War of Independence...

and the United Arab Emirates

Military of the United Arab Emirates

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In Dutch service the frigates were armed with a Goalkeeper CIWS

Goalkeeper CIWS

Goalkeeper is a Dutch close-in weapon system introduced in 1979 and in use , which primarily defends ships against incoming missiles and ballistic shells. This system consists of an autocannon and an advanced radar which in typically six seconds detects incoming fire, determines its trajectory,...

on top of the helicopter-hangar. In Greek service they were replaced with Phalanx CIWS

Phalanx CIWS

The Phalanx CIWS is an anti-ship missile defense system. It is a close-in weapon system and was designed and manufactured by the General Dynamics Corporation, Pomona Division...

due to high maintenance costs.

Both ships of the 'United Arab Emirates

Military of the United Arab Emirates

, the Al Emirat and the Abu Dhabi are being converted into a super luxury Giga yachts known as Swift 141 and Swift 135.

Two ships Elli and Limnos were built for the Greek Navy in 1981, they are referred to as the Elli class frigate

Elli class frigate

s by the Hellenic Navy and have different equipment and weapons from the Dutch ships.

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

Ships in the class

The ships were named after Dutch captains and admirals:

Ship	Pennant No.	Named after	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Commissioned	Decommissioned	Status
Kortenaer	F807	Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer Egbert Bartholomeusz Kortenaer Egbert Bartholomeuszoon Kortenaer or Egbert Meussen Cortenaer was an admiral of the United Provinces of the Netherlands. His second name is also given as Bartolomeuszoon or Meeuwiszoon. All of these are variations on the patronym "Son of Bartholomew".Kortenaer was born in 1604 in Groningen of...	Royal Schelde Damen Group Damen is a Dutch shipbuilding company which was founded in 1927 by Jan and Marinus Damen in a self-built workshop. In 1954 their 200th ship was delivered.-History:...	8 April 1975	18 December 1976	26 October 1978	1997	Sold to the as F462 Kountouriotes (Κουντουριώτης)
Callenburgh	F808	Gerard Callenburgh Gerard Callenburgh Gerard Callenburgh was a Dutch admiral.Gerard was born in Willemstad, the son of a wood-trader, but chose to enter the Dutch navy in 1661 as a cadet, serving the Admiralty of the Maze. He was made second lieutenant in May 1666 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. On 10 February 1671 he was promoted...	Royal Schelde	2 September 1975	26 March 1977	26 July 1979	1994	Sold to the as the F459 Adrias (Αδρίας)
Van Kinsbergen	F809	Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen Jan Hendrik van Kinsbergen , or Count of Doggersbank, was a Dutch naval officer. Having had a good scientific education, Van Kinbergen was a proponent of fleet modernization and wrote many books about naval organization, discipline and tactics.In 1773, he twice defeated an Ottoman fleet while in...	Royal Schelde	2 September 1975	16 April 1977	24 April 1980	1995	Sold to the as the F461 Navarinon (Ναυαρίνον)
Banckert	F810	Joost Banckert Joost Banckert Joost van Trappen Banckert was a Dutch Vice Admiral who worked most of his sailing life for the admiralty of Zeeland....	Royal Schelde	25 February 1976	30 September 1978	29 October 1980	1993	Sold to the as the F460 Aegaeon (Αιγαίον)
Piet Hein	F811	Piet Pieterszoon Hein Piet Pieterszoon Hein Pieter Pietersen Heyn was a Dutch naval officer and folk hero during the Eighty Years' War between the United Provinces and Spain.-Early life:...	Royal Schelde	April 28, 1977	June 3, 1978	April 14, 1981	1998	Sold to the as the Al Emirat
Abraham Crijnssen	F816	Abraham Crijnssen Abraham Crijnssen Abraham Crijnssen was a Dutch naval commander, notable for capturing Suriname from the British in 1667 during the Second Anglo-Dutch War. The minesweeper HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen and the frigate HNLMS Abraham Crijnssen have been named after him.-Suriname recaptured:...	Royal Schelde	25 October 1978	16 May 1981	6 January 1983	1997	Sold to the as the Abu Dhabi
Philips van Almonde	F823	Philips van Almonde Philips van Almonde Philips van Almonde was a Dutch Lieutenant Admiral, who served in his nation’s maritime conflicts of the 17th and early 18th centuries.Philips was the son of Pieter Jansz van Almonde, a wealthy burgher...	Wilton-Fijenoord Wilton-Fijenoord Wilton-Fijenoord was a shipbuilding and repair company in Schiedam in the Netherlands from 1929 to 1999.The company has since been fully absorbed into Damen Shiprepair.-Ships built:* De Zeven Provinciën class cruiser:** HNLMS De Ruyter,...	1 October 1977	11 August 1979	2December 1981	2002	Sold to the as the F465 Themistokles (Θεμιστοκλής )
Bloys van Treslong	F824	Willem Bloys van Treslong	Wilton-Fijenoord	5 May 1978	15 November 1980	25 November 1982	2003	Sold to the as the F466 Nikiforos Fokas
Jan van Brakel	F825	Jan van Brakel Jan van Brakel Jan van Brakel was a Dutch Rear Admiral who distinguished himself on many occasions during the Second and Third Anglo-Dutch wars and the Nine Years War. Almost nothing is known about Van Brakels early career; we know neither his year of birth nor his backgrounds...	Royal Schelde	16 November 1979	16 May 1981	14 April 1983	2001	Sold to the as the F464 Kanaris (Κανάρης)
Pieter Florisz (ex-Willem van der Zaan)	F826	Pieter Florisse	Royal Schelde	2 January 21, 1981	8 May 1982	11 October 1983	2001	Sold to the as the F463 Bouboulina (Μπουμπουλίνα)

Service

Ships in the class

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