Kimon-class frigate

	The Hellenic Navy, FDI Kimon, upon its arrival in the sea of Piraeus (15 January 2026)
Class overview
Name	Kimon class
Builders	Naval Group
Operators	Hellenic Navy
Preceded by	Elli class; Hydra class;
Built	2021–
In commission	2025–onwards
Planned	4
Building	3
Completed	1
General characteristics
Type	General purpose frigate
Displacement	4.460 t (4.390 long tons)
Length	122 m (400 ft 3 in)
Beam	17.7 m (58 ft 1 in)
Installed power	32,000 kW (43,000 shp)
Propulsion	Combined diesel and diesel (CODAD) arrangement
Speed	27 knots (50 km/h; 31 mph)
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Endurance	45 days
Complement	110 main crew; approx. 15 air crew;
Sensors &; processing systems	Search & track radar:; Thales Sea Fire multi-function Active electronically scanned array radar; S-band; Sonar:; Kingklip Mark 2 hull-mounted sonar; CAPTAS-4 towed array sonar; Decoys:; SYLENA Mk1 decoy launching systems for CANTO anti-torpedo decoys;
Armament	Guns:; Oto Melara 76 mm Super Rapid gun (mounted in stealth cupola); 2 × Leonardo Lionfish 20mm RWS; Anti-ship missiles:; 8 × Exocet MM-40 Block 3c ; Anti-air missiles:; 3 × 8 Sylver A50 8-cell VLS for 24 MBDA Aster 15/30; 1 × RAM Block 2B surface-to-air missiles; Land attack missiles:; 1 × 8 Sylver A70 8-cell VLS for 8 MdCN; Anti-submarine:; 2 × dual torpedo tubes with EuroTorp MU90 Impact torpedoes;
Aircraft carried	1 × MH-60R Seahawk; 1 × Schiebel Camcopter S-100;

The Kimon class, also known as the FDI HN, is a frigate class for the Hellenic Navy. The FDI HN is a more heavily armed version of the French Defence and Intervention Frigate (FDI). The lead ship, Kimon, was originally expected to be commissioned in early 2025, however the sea trials were completed by late 2025, after which the handover took place on 18 December 2025.