HNLMS Banckert
History
Netherlands
NameBanckert
NamesakeJoost Banckert
BuilderKM de Schelde, Vlissingen
Laid down25 February 1976
Launched30 September 1978
Commissioned29 October 1980
Decommissioned14 May 1993
FateSold to the Hellenic Navy
Greece
NameAigaion
Commissioned14 May 1993
IdentificationF460
Statusactive service
General characteristics
Class and typeKortenaer-class frigate
Displacement
  • 3,500 long tons (3,600 t) standard
  • 3,800 long tons (3,900 t) full load
Length130 m (426 ft 6 in)
Beam14.4 m (47 ft 3 in)
Draft4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Propulsion
Speed
  • 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph) cruise
  • 30 knots (56 km/h; 35 mph) maximum
Endurance4,700 nautical miles at 16 knots (8,700 km at 30 km/h)
Complement176–196
Armament
Aircraft carried2 × Sea Lynx helicopters (1 in peacetime)

HNLMS Banckert (F810) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Banckert) was a frigate of the Kortenaer class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1980 to 2003. The frigate was named after Dutch naval hero Joost Banckert. The ship's radio call sign was "PADD".[1]

Dutch service history

HNLMS Banckert was built at KM de Schelde in Vlissingen. The keel laying took place on 25 February 1976 and the launching on 30 September 1978. The ship was put into service on 29 October 1980.[1]

The ship was added to STANAVFORLANT on 7 January 1983 and met with the other ships on 20 January in Plymouth.[2]

She left on 6 November where she served as station ship from 17 November 1989 until 19 May 1990.[2]

On 14 May 1993 the vessel was decommissioned and was sold to the Hellenic Navy.[1][2]

Greek service history

Aigaion transiting the Aegean Sea in 2015.

The ship was commissioned 14 May 1993 in the Hellenic Navy as part of the Elli class where the ship was renamed Aigaion (Aegean)[3] using the radio call sign "SZDR".[4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 "helis.com". Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  2. 1 2 3 "onzevloot.weebly.com". Retrieved 15 September 2018.
  3. ↑ HS Aegean
  4. ↑ "helis.com". Retrieved 15 September 2018.
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