HNLMS Pieter Florisz (F826)

HNLMS Pieter Florisz (F826) (Dutch: Hr.Ms. Pieter Florisz) was a frigate of the Kortenaer class. The ship was in service with the Royal Netherlands Navy from 1983-2001. She was named after Dutch naval hero Pieter Floriszoon, and her radio call sign was "PADI".^[1]

HNLMS Pieter Florisz in 1990
History
Netherlands
Name	Pieter Florisz
Namesake	Pieter Floriszoon
Builder	KM de Schelde, Vlissingen
Laid down	21 January 1981
Launched	8 May 1982
Commissioned	11 October 1983
Decommissioned	2001
Fate	Sold to the Hellenic Navy, 2001
Greece
Name	Bouboulina
Acquired	2001
Commissioned	14 December 2001
Decommissioned	18 February 2013
Identification	F463
General characteristics
Class & 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 at 16 knots (8,700 km at 30 km/h)
Complement	176–196
Armament	2 × 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 1 × Phalanx in Greek service
Aircraft carried	2 × Sea Lynx helicopters (1 in peacetime)

Dutch service history

HNLMS Pieter Florisz was built at KM de Schelde in Vlissingen originally and to be named Willem van der Zaan. However, she was renamed after the ship intended to be named Pieter Florisz was sold (during construction) to Greece. The keel laying took place on 21 January 1981, and she was launched on 8 May 1982. The ship was put into service on 11 October 1983.^[1]

Pieter Florisz and Witte de With participated in the Gulf War and were replaced by Philips van Almonde, Jacob van Heemskerck and the replenishment ship Zuiderkruis, on 4 and 5 December 1990.^[2]

In June 1994, the ship participated in the BALTOPS 94 naval exercise with vessels from several other navies.^[1]

In 2001, the vessel was decommissioned and sold to the Hellenic Navy.^[1]

Greek service history

Bouboulina in 2006

The ship was transferred in 2001 to the Hellenic Navy, where the she was renamed Bouboulina using the radio call sign "SZCQ".^[3]