以色列造船廠與希臘ONEX海事公司合製的「地米斯托克利」(Themistocles class)巡防艦，噸位約800噸，採用德國MTU 16V1163M94柴油引擎兩座，可搭載30公厘機砲、76艦砲、7.62公厘機槍、8枚反艦飛彈，艦艉可供起降小型直升機甲板，針對多島海域環境的愛琴海設計
其中命名船艦的「地米斯托克利」是古希臘歷史上政治家和軍事家，西元前490年，在馬拉松戰役，雅典打敗波斯帝國勝利後，他主張推動海軍建設。當再次遇到波斯帝國的海上進犯時，地米斯托克利指揮薩拉米灣海戰，雅典對波斯的又一次輝煌勝利，也樹立了以後一個世紀的雅典海上霸權
💠 Greek, Israeli Shipyards to build Themistocles Corvettes 🇬🇷🤝🇮🇱
Greek ONEX Neorion Shipyards and Israel Shipyards signed a cooperation agreement for the construction of the Themistocles-class corvette during Greek Prime Minister’s visit to Israel on June 16.
The first step in this agreement will be the co-production of the Themistocles corvette. Construction of six more corvettes could also be included in near future.
The Themistocles corvette is a multipurpose vessel with a length of 72m and displacement of about 800 tons. Powered by two MTU 16V1163M94 engines, this shipcan attain speeds of over 30knots and has an endurance of 21 days. It can operate a medium size marine helicopter.
The vessel can accomodate advanced weapons such as launchers for anti-missiles defense missiles, surface-to-surface missiles launchers, 76 mm naval gun, remotely controlled stabilized naval gun system up to 30mm, Command and Control system, ESM & ECM, advanced multifunction search radar, heavy machine guns – 0.5” / 7.62mm, and advanced day and night vision system.
The ship can be used for Open Sea Patrolling and Surveillance operations, Off-Shore facilities protection, EEZ protection, anti-terror/ smuggling /illegal activities interdiction, Search and Rescue operations in coordination with SAR Helicopters, participation in Naval combat operations, Fishing protection and control, etc.
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