Hellenic Navy HS Toksotis P228 northbound Chios Strait.
Hellenic Navy Nasty class patrol boat HS Toksotis P228 northbound Chios Strait in east Aegean Sea.
HS Toksotis is 57 years old vessel.
Turkish coast and at 02:28 Cesme port in background.
Info from Hellenic Navy web site:
Dimensions(Length/Width/Height): 24,5 / 7,5 / 8 meters
Draft: 2 meters
Displacement: 72 tn
Propulsion System: 2 Main Engines MTU type 331 (1225HP)
Maximum Speed: 21,5knots
Main Armaments: One(1) Boffors 40mmL70, One (1) Oerlikon 20mm
One out of six of the same class that were purchased from Norwegian Shipyards in Mandal, Norway. The others are: INIOCHOS, KASTOR, ANDROMEDA, PIGASOS and KYKNOS. She was constructed in 1966-67. The Greek Flag was raised on the 31th of May 1967 by its first CO , Lt N. Betsis HN. These ships, which constituted the first Flotilla of Patrol Boats of Hellenic Navy, were the first ships that constructed, after WWII, by Hellenic Navy and the cost was upon the Greek Government. She was transferred to Greece with NAFKRATOYSA.