The second of a total of four Type-214 submarine S-121 "Pipinos" was launched at Hellenic Shipyard in Skaramanga, Attica. This is the first of the class built in Greece, and is to be followed by a further two of the class.

The deposition of Panos Efstathiou began Thursday with the 82 year arms rep naming officers implicated in dubious weapon system purchases.

"A huge political, economic, and defense scandal," was how SYRIZA leader Alexis Tsipras characterized the contracts for the purchase of six German-designed Type-214 submarines by Greece.