The Hellenic Navy commissioned its first Type 214 submarine in a ceremony at shipbuilder How-aldtswerke-Deutsche Werft's (HDW's) yard in Kiel, Germany, on 2 November.rnThe Greek flag was raised over HS Papanikolis in the presence of the Chief of the Naval GeneralrnStaff, Vice Admiral Demetrios Elef-siniotis, and the Greek ambassador to Germany.rnPapanikolis, which is expected to arrive in Greece in December, was at the centre of a long-running contractual dispute between HDW parent company ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) and the Greek government.
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