In continuation of the “courage” took the Anchor with the impending involvement of the… NATO in the Archipelago of new Turkish challenge is underway at this hour of the Aegean sea and specifically to the south of the Island as ήδης has informed the pronews.gr where Turkish corvette threatens Italian ship which has been chartered from Greece and Cyprus for studies in cable-laying and asking to be removed from the area!
The Italian ship is the “odin’s fighter” and this is the first time that the NP sends a frigate to a corvette (i.e., a larger surface unit), as well as in the past, sending a rocket ship or gunboat.
In particular it has sent the frigate “Spetses” class MEKO 200ΗÎ
The “harassment” has started from yesterday and the corvette is located in international waters. The Greek authorities have sent a frigate to the point but the Turkish corvette is not removed from the area.
The corvette is the very well-known BODRUM (F-501) A-69 type that has made many breaches in the past of the Greek territorial waters.
The particular corvette TCG BODRUM F501 is the former French Drogou (F-783) of the French Navy, heading D’Estienne d’orves Α69. Built in 1976 and has a displacement of 1250 tons with a full load.
In the Turkish Navy are mainly used for missions of anti-submarine warfare in coastal rifle pits surrounding it, which is the original orientation anyway.
Turkish corvette of the press, docked in a Turkish port.
It has a length of 80 meters, a width of 10.3 and a draught of 5.3. The Ï€Ïόωσή provided by 2 diesel engines SEMT Pielstick 12PC2V400 power 8,9 μÎγκαβατ, moving two τετÏάφυλλες propellers.
The maximum speed reaches 24 knots, while if it falls to 15 or 18 to ensure a maximum range of 4,500 and 3,000 nautical miles respectively. The crew consists of 7 officers and 83 non-commissioned officers/sailors.
The suite of sensors consists of a surveillance radar air/surface DRBV 51A, a radar and fire control DRBC 32E, a radar navigation DECCA 1226 and a sonar on the bow DUBA 25 (obviously that is stuck on the reef since August 2009). The package of electronic warfare consists of a radar interceptors ARBR 16, two launchers bait-type Dagaie and a system of countermeasures SLQ-25 Nixie.
The armament consists of 2 αντιπλοϊκοÏÏ‚ missiles MM38 Exocet, 1 naval gun of 100 mm. in a tower CADAM with a fire control system Najir, 2 guns of 20 mm., 4 machine-guns of 12,7 mm. 4 torpedoes-type L3 or L5, and a launcher ανθυποβÏυχιακών rocket 375 χλιστ.
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Happening now: Turkish corvette threatens our ship south of the Island
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