HNLMS Banckert
History
Netherlands
Name	Banckert
Namesake	Joost Banckert
Builder	KM de Schelde, Vlissingen
Laid down	25 February 1976
Launched	30 September 1978
Commissioned	29 October 1980
Decommissioned	14 May 1993
Fate	Sold to the Hellenic Navy
Greece
Name	Aigaion
Commissioned	14 May 1993
Identification	F460
Status	active service
General characteristics
Class and 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)

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

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]