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{{other ships|Greek ship Elli}}
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|Ship image=Elli F450.jpg
|Ship caption=Elli F-450
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|Ship country=Greece
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Greece|naval}}
|Ship name=''Elli''
|Ship namesake=the [[Battle of Elli]]
|Ship builder=Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde, [[Vlissingen]]
|Ship yard number=
|Ship launched=10 October 1981
|Ship commissioned=1982
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|Ship status={{ship in active service}}
|Ship notes=[http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/elli_f450.asp Official Hellenic Navy page]
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{{Infobox ship characteristics
|Ship class={{sclass|Elli|frigate|1}}
|Ship displacement=3,360 tons
|Ship length={{convert|130.5|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|14.6|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draft={{convert|6.2|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=*[[combined gas or gas|COGOG]] system:
*2 [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]] Tyne RM1C [[gas turbine]]s, 4,900 shp each;
*2 [[Rolls-Royce Limited|Rolls-Royce]] [[Rolls-Royce Olympus#Rolls-Royce Olympus TM3B marine turbine|Olympus TM3B]] [[gas turbine]]s, 25,700 shp each (boost);
*2 shafts
|Ship speed=*{{convert|30|kn|km/h|0|adj=on}} maximum
*{{convert|20|kn|km/h|0|adj=on}} cruise
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|Ship complement=198
|Ship armament=*2 × [[Otobreda 76 mm|OTO Melara 76 mm/62 cal.]],
*2 × [[Phalanx CIWS|Mk15 Phalanx 20 mm CIWS]],
*2 Mk141 4 × 8 [[Boeing Harpoon|Harpoon missile]] launchers,
*Mk29 octuple launcher for 24 × [[Sea Sparrow|RIM-7M SAMs]],
*2 Mk32 2 × 324mm T/T for [[Mark 46 torpedo|Mk46 torpedo]]es
|Ship aircraft=1 [[Bell 212|AB 212 ASW helicopter]]
|Ship aircraft facilities=
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'''Greek frigate ''Elli'' (F450)''' ({{langx|el|Φ/Γ Έλλη}}) is the [[lead ship]] of the Greek {{sclass|Elli|frigate|4}} of [[frigate]]s, and the third [[Hellenic Navy]] ship by that name. It is named after the [[battle of Elli]] in which the hellenic navy defeated the Ottoman fleet. The class is based on the [[Royal Netherlands Navy]]'s {{sclass|Kortenaer|frigate|4}} and was built in a Dutch shipyard; however, unlike later members of its class in the Hellenic Navy, it was not originally in Dutch service but was sold directly to [[Greece]].<ref>{{cite book
| author=Vice Admiral C. Paizis-Paradellis, HN
| title=Hellenic Warships 1829-2001
| location=Athens, Greece
| publisher=The Society for the study of Greek History
| year=2002
| isbn=978-960-8172-14-2|pages=65| edition=3rd
}}</ref>

The ''Elli'' was built at the Koninklijke Maatschappij de Schelde in Vlissingen, Holland, along with the frigate [[Greek frigate Limnos (F-451)|''Limnos'']] as part of a commission for the two ships from the Greek government. Her maiden voyage was on 10 October 1981 under her first captain, Grigoris Demestihas. She arrived in Greece on 15 November that year.

The ''Elli'' took part in the [[Gulf War|Persian Gulf War]] from 1990–91, enforcing the UN resolution on Iraq in the neighborhood of the [[Red Sea]].

It was modernised in 2006.

==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110614110307/http://www.hellenicnavy.gr/frigates_s_en.asp Official Hellenic Navy page for Standard Class Frigates (English)]

{{Kortenaer class frigate}}
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[[Category:Elli-class frigates]]
[[Category:Ships built in Vlissingen]]
[[Category:1981 ships]]
[[Category:Gulf War ships of Greece]]
[[Category:Frigates of Greece]]
[[Category:Frigates of the Cold War]]

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