Hellenic Navy Gen. Slams Incident with Frigate Salamis

A TV station on Sunday reported that in the evening of Wednesday, April 9, a guided missile almost hit the Frigate SALAMIS off the coast of Haifa, in Israel. As such, the Hellenic Navy General Staff on Sunday categorically denied that "in the evening of April 9, 2014 a guided missile almost hit Frigate SALAMIS off the coast of Haifa, in Israel" and added the Frigate had never been threatened by one.

The Hellenic Navy General Staff said in a statement that a member of the crew of the Frigate was urgently taken to a hospital in Haifa for reasons irrelevant to the alleged incident.

SALAMIS returned to Salamina naval base on Saturday.

According to the state news agency, the Frigate participated in the scheduled multi-national exercise "Noble Dina" conducted in the sea around Crete and in Eastern Mediterranean between March 26 and April 10 with the participation of Navy and Air force units from Greece, the United States and Israel.

(Greek Defence Minister Dimitris Avramopoulos asked to be "thoroughly briefed by military leaders" on the "alleged incident with Frigate SALAMIS.")