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Dimensions: 57,3/10,6/3,2 meters
Displacement: 943,28 tons
Propulsion: 2 Μain Propulsion Diesel Engines (MPDE) FRICANTIERIDIVISIONEGRANDEMOTORI(ID36 SS8V-AM)
Speed: 10 knots
Complement: 47 persons (7 officers)
Weapons: Two Browning machine guns 0.50 caliber, one machine gun MG-34
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History
HS KALYPSO is one of the two MHC OSPREY class that were commissioned in the HN. She was launched on October 11 1989 and was commissioned on August 6 1994, by the name USS HERON and side number 52.
On January 17 2007 the decommissioning procedure beganandon March 16 2007 the ship was commissioned in the HN and was given the name HS KALYPSO. The first CO was Lieutenant Commander G. Karageorgis HN.
It is the fourth time that the name Kalypso has been given to a ship which belongs to the HN.The name of the ship has its origins in the Greek mythology. Kalypso was a mythological nymph, mostly known in Homer’s Odyssey. She lived isolated onan island called Ogygia, ate ambrosia and drank nectar. Her ability was to transform a mortal man into an immortal one.Historians posterior to Homer have also been using the names of Oceanis or Atlantis to refer to Kalypso
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INTERNATIONAL OPERATIONS
No
OPERATION/EXERCISE
PERIOD
1
MOST TRAINING
2009
2
SNMCMG-2
2010
3
ITALIAN MINEX
2010
4
SPANISH MINEX
2010
5
ARIADNE
2010
6
SNMCMG-2
2011
7
ITALIAN MINEX
2011
8
ARIADNE
2012
9
ARIADNE
2014
10
ARIADNE
2015
11
CYCLADES REGATTA
2015
12
ARIADNE 17
30-03-2017 until 08-04-2017
13
SNMG-2
08-06-2017 until 12-07-2017
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COMMANDING OFFICERS OF MHC KALIPSO
No
RANK
NAME
PERIOD
1
Lieutenant Commander
G. KARAGEORGIS
16-03-2007 until 31-07-2009
2
Lieutenant Commander
K.XYNOS
31-07-2009 until 28-07-2010
3
Lieutenant Commander
Ν.ΚARNAVAS
28-07-2010 until 11-08-2011
4
Lieutenant Commander
P.ΤRIPONTIKAS
11-08-2011 until 23-08-2012
5
Lieutenant Commander
P. GIANNOUDAKIS
23-08-2012 until 08-10-2013
6
Lieutenant Commander
P. PAPADAKIS
08-10-2013 until 10-10-2014
7
Lieutenant Commander
G. BERSIMIS
10-10-2014 until 22-09-2015
8
Lieutenant Commander
K. PETROULIAS
22-09-2015 until 26-01-2017
9
Lieutenant Commander
I. SAIVANIDIS
26-01-2017 until today
