On Tuesday 16^th March 2021, the Change of Command Ceremony was held in NMIOTC. Commodore Panagiotis Papanikolaou GRC (N) handed over the Command to Commodore Charalampos Thymis GRC (N).

The Chief of Staff of the Hellenic National Defense General Staff, Lieutenant General Georgios Fasoulas GRC (AF) presided over the ceremony.