Namesake Jan van Brakel Commissioned 14 April 1983 Launched 16 May 1981 | Laid down 16 November 1979 Decommissioned 12 October 2001 Length 130 m | |
Name HNLMS Jan van Brakel (F825) Fate Sold to Greece, 29 November 2002 Builders Damen Schelde Naval Shipbuilding, Flushing | ||
HNLMS Jan van Brakel (F825) was a Kortenaer-class frigate of the Royal Netherlands Navy. It was named after Jan van Brakel, a Dutch naval commander from the seventeenth century.
It was launched on 16 May 1981, commissioned by the Dutch Navy on 14 April 1983, and was transferred to the Hellenic Navy on 29 November 2002 as Kanaris (F464) (Greek: Κανάρης).
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