HELLENIC

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HELLENIC

NAVY

HS KALIPSO (M 64)

Crest

Ship’s coat of arm is a wooden shield and depicts a dolphin neutralizing a Mk-6 mine in white background. Ship’s name is written in gold letters in its top side.

Technical Characteristics

Dimensions

57.3/10.6/3.7 m.

Displacement

934,28 tons.

Crew

49 persons (10 officers)

Speed

10 knots.

Vessel propulsion

2 Μain Propulsion Diesel Engines (MPDE) FRICANTIERI DIVISIONE GRANDE MOTORI (ID36 SS8V-AM)

Ship Weaponry

Two Browning machine guns 0.50 caliber, one machine gun MG-34

History

HS KALYPSO is one of the two MHC OSPREY class that were commissioned in the Hellenic Navy. She was launched on October 11 1989 and was commissioned on August 6 1994, by the name USS HERON and side number 52.

On March 16 2007 the ship was commissioned in the HN and was given the name HS KALYPSO and side number Μ-64. The first CO was Lieutenant Commander G. Karageorgis HN.

It is the fourth time that the name Kalypso has been given to a ship which belongs to the HN. Ship’s name has its origins in the Greek mythology. Kalypso was a mythological nymph, mostly known by Odyssey.

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