HNLMS Jan van Brakel (F825)

History
Netherlands
Name:	HNLMS Jan van Brakel (F825)
Namesake:	Jan van Brakel
Builder:	Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde (KMS), Vlissingen
Laid down:	16 November 1979
Launched:	16 May 1981
Commissioned:	14 April 1983
Decommissioned:	12 October 2001
Fate:	Sold to Greece, 29 November 2002
Greece
Name:	HS Kanaris (F464)
Namesake:	Constantine Kanaris
Acquired:	29 November 2002
Status:	in active service, as of 2016[ref]
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.

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).

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