16/01/2026
A century apart, side by side. From oars to steel to sensors, sailing in this frame.
The Pisa-class armored cruiser HS Georgios Averof (built 1907, launched 1910) and the trireme Olympias welcome HS Kimon, the first FDI frigate of the Hellenic .
3,000 years of Hellenic naval history at sea.
You may see the FDI frigate KIMON called “Belharra” in many of the Greek media, but the Navy avoids the term. Officially, the class is FDI HN and the first frigate is KIMON (three more FDI-class frigates will join the Hellenic Navy). And here is my question - Is Belharra “the name assigned to the export version?”, as per an article on , Oct. 14, 2019.
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