Hellenic Navy (2023)

Current Active Inventory: 63 Fleet Units

Last Updated: 11/05/2022 | © www.WDMMW.org

The modern Hellenic Navy places a decided focus on its OPV force, the fleet making up over half of all fighting strength. The branch lacks any form of aircraft-carrying capability, amphibious assault operation support, and destroyer types, making due with an aging fleet of submarines and frigates for the most part. The Papanikolis-class sub boosts efficiency and capability of the undersea force which numbers eleven in all - though more than half are made up of elderly Glavkos-class boats. The frigate fleet is in worst shape as the youngest unit reaches 20 years. However, the category is set to be boosted by the new French-made FDI guided-missile frigates of which the Hellenic Navy is contracted for 3+1 to date. The mine warfare group suffers the same hull aging issues as other categories show and even the OPV force consists of many aging hulls with a few exceptions. In keeping up with regional rival Turkey, the Hellenic Navy has its work cut out for it and must invest more to keep pace with its potential at-sea enemy.

The following represents an overview of the modern naval fighting capabilities of the Hellenic Navy (2023). The service currently counts 63 total units in its active naval inventory. This total includes frontline commissioned vessels but excludes smaller patrol vessels, auxiliary / survey ships, replenishment, and historical ceremonial types. The WDMMW review takes into account specific categories of warships covering attack, defense, and general support designs. Inventory numbers and related unit types are provided as-is and derived from publically-available information / sources. "On Order" totals found at the bottom of this article are related to any future hulls currently under procurement/construction though said hulls may not be delivered for service in the current year for various reasons.

Total Units: 63

TvR:
47.2

True Value Rating takes into account current strengths/weaknesses, matched against the highest-rated service (the USN yields a top rating of 323.9).

Global Rank:
21/35

A total of 35 naval services from 35 nations currently tracked. Current Ranking.

FORCE CONCENTRATION:

Carriers: 0 units
Submarines: 11 units
Fleet Core: 52 units
Amphib Asslt: 0 units

FORCE BALANCE:

FAIR

Fleet focuses on a portion of basic requirements though generally lacking in key areas.

SUPPLIERS:
National flag of the United States

HULL PREFIX:
"HS"

ESTABLISHED:
1828
195 yrs ago
as the "Hellenic Navy"

MEDIAN HULL AGE:
27.5
Years

HULL AGE VISUALIZATION

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Unit Age Color Key

0 to 15 yrs

16 to 25 yrs

26 to 30 yrs

>30 yrs

Age plays a vital role in the life of any warship as hulls and various onboard technologies are pushed to the limit, ultimately exposed to the corrosive and generally unforgiving effects of life at sea. Such degradation often leads to modernizations, refits, or outright retirement. Our color gauge attempts to showcase a vessel's current state within the fleet, helping to detail those outgoing vessels against those at the midway point of their service or those just having been commissioned.

Submarines (11)

Hulls developed for undersea/submersible operation; nuclear-powered or conventionally-powered.

OUTLOOK

STABLE

51yrs

Nireus

S111

Glavkos-class

51yrs

Triton

S112

Glavkos-class

51yrs

Proteus

S113

Glavkos-class

44yrs

Poseidon

S116

Poseidon-class

44yrs

Amfitriti

S117

Poseidon-class

44yrs

Pontos

S119

Poseidon-class

44yrs

Okeanos

S118

Okeanos-class

13yrs

Papanikolis

S120

Papanikolis-class

8yrs

Pipinos

S121

Papanikolis-class

7yrs

Matrozos

S122

Papanikolis-class

7yrs

Katsonis

S123

Papanikolis-class

Total Units: 11 (17%)

NOTES: The Glavokos, Poseidon, and Okeanos classes are all based in the German Type 209 (1100, 1200, and 1500 subtypes, respectively); The Papanikolis-class is the German Type 214-class.

Frigates (13)

Hulls defined as dimensionally smaller than Destroyers, though larger than corvettes, having Blue Water capabilities.

OUTLOOK

POSITIVE

31yrs

Hydra

F452

Hydra-class

27yrs

Spetsai

F453

Hydra-class

25yrs

Psara

F454

Hydra-class

25yrs

Salamis

F455

Hydra-class

42yrs

Elli

F450

Elli-class

41yrs

Limnos

F451

Elli-class

29yrs

Adrias

F459

Elli-class

30yrs

Aigaion

F460

Elli-class

28yrs

Navarinon

F461

Elli-class

26yrs

Kountouriotis

F462

Elli-class

21yrs

Kanaris

F464

Elli-class

21yrs

Themistoklis

F465

Elli-class

20yrs

Nikiforos

F466

Elli-class

Total Units: 13 (21%)

NOTES: The Elli-class are ex-Dutch / Royal Netherlands Navy ships; half of the class were modernized in a 2004-2009 initiative; On order are 3+1 French FDI frigates to operate under the new Belhara-class name; earliest commissioning is 2025.