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The Hellenic Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the Armed Forces of Greece. As of 2024, the Navy operates a wide variety of warships including: 13 frigates, 10 submarines, 19 missile boats, 10 gunboats, and 15 helicopters.
The Hellenic Navy (HN; Greek: ... and Hellenic Navy Works of Hellenic Shipyards Co., ... with the existing mission equipment as an "interim solution" and ...
Skaramangas Shipyards S.A., formerly Hellenic Shipyards S.A., is a large shipyard in Skaramagas, in West Athens regional unit, Greece founded in 1937 as a warship building company. [ 2 ] Diesel multiple units being built under licence from MAN at the Hellenic Shipyards in 1991
The Hellenic Armed Forces (Greek: Eλληνικές Ένοπλες Δυνάμεις, romanized: Ellinikés Énoples Dynámis) are the military forces of Greece. They consist of the Hellenic Army, the Hellenic Navy, and the Hellenic Air Force. The civilian authority overseeing the Hellenic Armed Forces is the Ministry of National Defense.
Ships in service with the Hellenic Navy currently include frigates of the Hydra and Elli classes. In the late twentieth century the navy also used Knox-class frigates. Going back to the early nineteenth century, sailing ships such as the Hellas were in service.
The company initially began producing metal products and consumer goods but quickly regained its pre-war status, benefiting significantly from orders by the Hellenic Army, NATO and, ironically, West Germany. The following two decades were marked by prosperity and expansion, with new facilities built and new products developed.
Navy radio station Agia Marina 38°11′28″N 024°03′48″E / 38.19111°N 24.06333°E / 38.19111; 24 Troulos Aeginas 37°45′55″N 023°33′27.5″E / 37.76528°N 23.557639°E / 37.76528; 23.
Requisitioned by the Royal Hellenic Navy in 1940 and used as a troopship. During the Axis occupation of Greece she was based in Alexandria, Egypt and used as a submarine tender . After the war she returned to passenger services in the fleet of Hellenic Mediterranean Lines until 1955.