Greek Tjeld-type patrol boat

The Greek Tjeld type patrol boats were a set of six fast patrol boats built to a Norwegian design and operated by the Hellenic Navy during the 1960s and early 1970s.

Tjeld-type patrol boat Andromeda, March 2008, in Mitilini harbour
Class overview
Operators:  Hellenic Navy
Built: 1965–1967
In commission: 1967–1985
Completed: 6
General characteristics [1]
Type: Patrol boat
Displacement:

70 long tons (71 t)(standard)

76 long tons (77 t) (full load)
Length: 24.5 m (80 ft 5 in)
Beam: 7.5 m (24 ft 7 in)
Draught: 2.1 m (6 ft 11 in)
Propulsion:

2 × Napier Deltic Turbo-charged diesel engines, 6,200 hp (4,623 kW)

2 x shafts
Speed: 45 knots (52 mph; 83 km/h)
Range: 450nm at 40kn, 1600nm at 25kn
Complement: 22 men
Armament:

2 × Bofors 40 mm gun

4 × 21 in (533 mm) torpedo tubes

Construction

The six vessels were built by the Norwegian company Westermoen of Mandal, Norway, to the same design as that of the Tjeld class patrol boats built by Westermoen for the Royal Norwegian Navy in 1959. This was in turn based on their prototype fast patrol boat, the Nasty, and the Greek vessels are also described as the "Improved Nasty type".[1] Other sources give the names "Nasty-type" and "Nasty-class" patrol boats.[2]

The vessels were ordered in 1965, identical to the Tjeld boats except they had two 40mm guns instead of the single 40mm and 20mm guns of the Tjeld boats. They were delivered in 1967, and commissioned with astronomical names. They were the first warships built for the Greek navy since the 1930s.[1]

Service history

The six vessels remained in service until the 1980s. In 1982 Iniohos was discarded and the remaining vessels were re-numbered P196-200 (inclusive); all were decommissioned and placed in reserve or sold in 1983.

In 1989 four boats were re-engined and re-activated, but by 1985 all had been disposed of.[1]

List of vessels
Name Pennant number Builder Date of launch Notes[1]
Andromeda (gk) ("Andromeda")P21Westermoen1965renumbered P196 in 1982, decommissioned 1983. re-engined 1989, stricken 1985
Iniohos (gk) ("the Charioteer")P22Westermoen1965stricken 1982
Kastor (gk) ("Castor")P23Westermoen1965renumbered P197 in 1982, stricken 1983
Kyknos (gk) ("the Swan")P24Westermoen1965renumbered P198 in 1982, decommissioned 1983. re-engined 1989, stricken 1985
Pigasos (gk) ("Pegasus")P25Westermoen1965renumbered P199 in 1982, decommissioned 1983. re-engined 1989, stricken 1985
Toxotis (gk) ("the Archer")P26Westermoen1965renumbered P200 in 1982, decommissioned 1983. re-engined 1989, stricken 1985

Notes
  1. Conway p165
  2. Miller p84

References
  • Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen Conway's All The World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995 (1995) Naval Institute Press, Annapolis ISBN 1-55750-132-7
  • Miller, David The World's Navies: an illustrated review of the navies of the world (1992) Crescent Books, ISBN 9780517052419
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