The HSY-55-class gunboat is a class of naval vessel designed by the

Hellenic Navy The Hellenic Navy (HN; , abbreviated ΠΝ) is the Navy, naval force of Greece, part of the Hellenic Armed Forces. The modern Greek navy historically hails from the naval forces of various Aegean Islands, which fought in the Greek War of Independ ...

and built by Hellenic Shipyards (HSY). This class of ship uses the modular concept, so that weapons & sensors can be changed as required. These vessels are similar in appearance to . The first pair was ordered on 20 February 1990 but completion was delayed by the shipyard's financial problems. ''Pyrpolitis'' (P57) was launched on 16 September 1992 and ''Polemistis'' (P61) on 21 June 1993. Each ship can carry 25 fully equipped troops. Alternative guns & Harpoon SSM can be fitted, as required. ''Pyrpolitis'' was renamed ''Kasos'' on 11 November 2005, after the island of

Kasos Kasos (; , ), also Casos, is a Greek island municipality in the Dodecanese. It is the southernmost island in the Aegean Sea, and is part of the regional unit Karpathos-Kasos. The capital of the island is Fri. , its population was 1,223. ...

in the

Dodecanese The Dodecanese (, ; , ''Dodekánisa'' , ) are a group of 15 larger and 150 smaller Greek islands in the southeastern Aegean Sea and Eastern Mediterranean, off the coast of Anatolia, of which 26 are inhabited. This island group generally define ...

. The ship is based in the area of Kasos, and the name recognises the island & the Kasos Massacre during the

Greek War of Independence The Greek War of Independence, also known as the Greek Revolution or the Greek Revolution of 1821, was a successful war of independence by Greek revolutionaries against the Ottoman Empire between 1821 and 1829. In 1826, the Greeks were assisted ...

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