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Two Hellenic Navy submarines set for service
Theodore L Valmas, Athens - IHS Jane's Navy International
23 February 2015
Two Hellenic Navy submarines participated in a tactical exercise at sea and are expected to join fleet operations soon, augmenting the navy's presence in the Aegean and Eastern Mediterranean seas.

HS Pipinos (S-121), the first of the three Hellenic Shipyards-built Type 214 Papanikolis-class submarines, and HS Okeanos (S-118), understood to be the world's only Air Independent Propulsion (AIP)-capable Type 209/1200, joined other submarines and surface vessels for the 'Anapnefstir' tactical exercise, which took place in eastern and central Aegean waters from 16-20 February.

According to IHS Jane's Fighting Ships , Pipinos is scheduled for commissioning in 2015.

Okeanos received its AIP fit under the Neptune II mid-life modernization programme.

http://www.janes.com/article/49289/two-hellenic-navy-submarines-set-for-service

re-commissioned into the Navy in 2014
http://navalanalyses.blogspot.nl/2016/03/photo-gallery-11-okeanos-submarine-of.html

HS Okeanos re-delivered to Hellenic Navy
by DFNS · October 20, 2014

Greece’s Type 209/1200 submarine HS Okeanos (S-118) was redelivered back to the Hellenic Navy (HN) from Hellenic Shipyards at Skaramangason on 20 October, having completed its Neptune II mid-life upgrade programme.
Sea trials of the boat are expected to begin immediately and it should be fully …read more

Source:: Janes (Naval)
naval.dfns.net/2014/10/20/hs-okeanos-re-delivered-to-hellenic-navy/

HS Okeanos re-delivered to Hellenic Navy http://www.janes.com/article/44761/hs-okeanos-re-delivered-to-hellenic-navy
Submarine Hs, U-Boat, Article 44761, 1200 Submarine, Pigboat
Greece's Type 209/1200 submarine HS Okeanos (S-118) was redelivered back to the Hellenic Navy (HN) from Hellenic Shipyards at Skaramangason on 20 October, having completed its Neptune II mid-life upgrade programme. Sea trials of the boat are expected to begin immediately and it should be fully operational by the end of the year. The third of the four-strong Poseidon class, HS Okeanos was launched by HDW in Kiel in November 1978 and arrived in Greece in January 1980.
https://www.pinterest.com/pin/346636502543880886/

See also https://books.google.nl/books?id=souuCAAAQBAJ&pg=PT278&lpg=PT278&dq=hellenic+navy+okeanos&source=bl&ots=0XNVsJyIle&sig=QEdhNPKaw8Bv6Lti7496nZuUy58&hl=nl&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiJxfqmj7nNAhUTM8AKHel1BHU4HhDoAQhVMAg#v=onepage&q=hellenic navy okeanos&f=false

If Okeanos is not counted, then so shouldn't the 214s
 
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