List of ships of the Egyptian Navy

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This is a list of Egyptian Navy ships including all ships of the Egyptian Navy as well as its predecessors.

The Egyptian Navy is the largest navy in the Middle East and Africa.[1] Since 2013, the Egyptian Navy made a modernization project in which new vessels were acquired from western sources such as the United States, Germany, Italy and France.[2][3]

Current and future ships[]

Class Image Type Quantity Ships Origin Note
Submarines (4)
Romeo-class submarine 潜艇.JPG Attack submarine 4 849

852

855

858


 People's Republic of China

1,830 tonnes
Armament:

Type 209/1400mod-class submarine Egyptian Navy (S41) Type 209-1400-class submarine.jpg Diesel-electric attack submarine 4[4][5][6] S41 (861)
S42 (864)
S43 (867)
S44 (870)
  Germany 1,586 tonnes
Armament:
Amphibious assault ship / Helicopter carrier (2)
Mistral-class amphibious assault ship [9]
US Navy 120130-N-XB816-097 French navy amphibious assault ship FS Mistral (L9013) prepares to get underway for Exercise Bold Alligator 2012 (BA2012.jpg
 Landing helicopter dock (LHD) 2 Gamal Abdel Nasser (L1010)
Anwar
El Sadat (L1020)		  France 21,300 tonnes
Armament:
Frigates (13)
FREMM FREMM F590 Carlo Bergamini.svg Multi-purpose frigate 2[11] Al-Galala (FFG1002)

ENS Bernees (FFG1003)

 Italy 6,700 tonnes
Armament:
  • 16-cell MBDA SYLVER A50 VLS for 16 MBDA Aster 15 and 30 missiles
  • 1 × Leonardo Otobreda 127/64 Vulcano
  • 1 × Leonardo OTO Melara 76/62 mm Davide/Strales CIWS gun
  • 2 × Leonardo Oto Melara/Oerlikon KBA 25/80 mm remote weapon systems
  • 8 × MBDA Teseo\Otomat Mk-2/A anti-ship and land attack missiles
  • 2 x triple Leonardo (WASS) B-515/3 launcher for MU 90 torpedoes
  • 2 x SITEP MASS CS-424 acoustic guns
FREMM
FREM Aquitaine.jpg
 1 Tahya Misr (FFG1001)  France 6,000 tonnes
Armament:
MEKO 200[12]
Egyptian Meko.jpg
 4 First Meko A200 to be launched on May 2021, the 2nd and 3rd frigates will be launched before the end of 2021.[2]  Germany
  • 1 × Oto Melara 127/64 LW 127 mm main gun (possibly with VULCANO ammunition)
  • 2 × MSI 30 mm guns (possibly SEAHAWK A2 model)
  • 16 × SaabRBS-15 Mk3 anti-ship missiles
  • 32 × VLS for MBDA MICA-NG VL surface to air missiles
  • 2 × MU90 torpedo launchers
  • 4 × Rheinmetall MASS decoy launchers
  • 2 × WASS/Finmeccanica MORPHEUS acoustic countermeasures launching systems (on each side of the VLS cells. Navy Recognition originally though these were SAGEM NGDS decoy launchers but a TKMS representative confirmed this actually is a WASS system
Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate
USS McInerney (FFG-8) underway in the Atlantic Ocean on 8 June 2004.jpg
 Guided missile frigate 4[13] Sharm El-Sheikh (F901)
Toshka (F906)
Alexandria (F911)
Taba (F916)		  United States 4,200 tonnes
Armament:
Knox-class frigate
5108160831 b.jpg
 2 Domyat (F961)
Rashid (F966) 		 United States 4,250 tonnes
Armament:
  • 16 ASROC or 12 ASROC and 4 Harpoon SSM
  • 1 x 5-inch 54 caliber DP gun
  • 1 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS AA gun
  • 4 x 12.75-inch (324 mm) torpedo tubes
Corvettes (7)
Gowind-class corvette Egyptian Navy Gowind 2500 corvette El Fateh (971).jpg Multipurpose corvette 4 El Fateh (971)
Port Said (976)[14]
El Moez (981)
ENS Luxor (986) 		 France
 Egypt		 2,500 tonnes
Armament:
  • 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm main gun
  • 16 × VLS for MICA VL
  • 8 × Exocet anti ship missile
  • 2 × Nexter Narwhal 20 mm cannon
  • 2 × triple torpedo launcher

Delivery 2017-2020

Pohang-class corvette[15] Shabab Misr Pohang-class corvette.jpg Coastal defense corvette 1 Shabab Misr (1000)  South Korea 1,200 tonnes
Armament:
  • 2 x OTO Melara 76 mm/62 compact cannon
  • 4 x Harpoon missiles
  • 2 x Nobong 40mm/70 twin cannons
  • 2 x Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (with 6× Blue Shark torpedoes)
  • 12 x Mark 9 depth charges
Descubierta-class corvette Descubierta-class corvette.jpg Corvette 2 (F946)
(F941)		  Spain 1,500 tonnes
Armament:
  • 8 Harpoon SSM
  • 1 octuple Sea Sparrow SAM
  • 1 76 mm gun
  • 2 40 mm guns (2 × 1)
  • 1 two barreled Bofors Anti-submarine mortar
  • 6 12.75 in anti submarine torpedo tubes (2 × 3)
Fast attack craft (40)
Ambassador MK III missile craft Ambassador MK III Fast Missile Craft - Egyptian Navy.jpg Fast missile craft 4 (682)
(684)
(686)
(688)		  United States 600 tonnes
Armament:
P-32 Molniya-class missile craft
Somali navy.png
 1 Ahmed Fadel [17]
(C-801)		  Russia 550 tonnes
Armament:
  • 4 x P-270 Moskit/SS-N-22 Sunburn anti-ship missiles.
  • 12 x SA-18 SAM MANPAD air defence missiles.
  • 1 x 76 mm AK-176 dual purpose main gun.
  • 2 x AK-630 30 mm gun for air defence.
October-class missile boat Missile boat 6 781
783
785
787
789
791		  Egypt 82 tonnes
Armament:
  • Two Otomat SSM
  • Two twin 30 mm AA guns
Type 024 missile boat
024 Missile-equipped Boat (9871863603).jpg
 6 609
611
613
615
617
619		  People's Republic of China 79 tonnes
Armament:
  • 2 × HY-1J anti-ship missiles
  • 2 × Type 61 25 mm guns (II x 2)
Osa-class missile boat
Osa Patrol Vessels Vietnam.jpg
 8 633
637
639
641
643
64_
64_
653		  Soviet Union 235 tonnes
Armament:
Ramadan-class missile boat Ramadan-class missile boat.png 6 Ramadan (670)
Khybar (672)
Kadesseya (674)
Yarmouk (676)
Badr (678)
Hetteen (680		  United Kingdom 317 tonnes
Armament:
  • Four Otomat SSM
  • One 76 mm OTO Melara DP gun
  • One twin 40 mm Breda AA gun
Tiger-class missile boat Elster P6154.jpg 5 601
602
603
604
605		  West Germany 265 tonnes
Armament:
Shanghai II-class gunboat Type 062-class gunboat, October 2014-1.jpg Gunboat 4 793
795
797
799		  People's Republic of China 135 tonnes
Armament:
  • Two twin 37 mm AA guns
  • Two twin 23 mm AA guns
Submarine chasers (8)
Hainan-class submarine chaser Hainan-class submarine chaser.png Anti-submarine vessel 8 Al Nour (430)
Al Hadi (433)
Al Hakeem (436)
Al Wakeel (439)
Al Kdar (442)
Al Samad (445)
Al Salam (448)
Al Rafe (451)		  People's Republic of China 430 tonnes
Armament:
  • Two twin 57 mm AA guns
  • Two twin 23 mm AA guns
  • Two triple 12.75-inch (324 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Four BU-1200 anti-submarine rocket launchers
  • Two depth-charge mortars
  • Two depth-charge racks
  • Mines
Mine warfare vessels (23)
T43-class minesweeper Albanian Minesweeper M-111.JPG Minesweeper 5 Gharbia (501)
Daqahlia (507)
Baharia (510)
Sinai (513)
Assuit (516)		  Soviet Union 460 tonnes
Armament:
  • Two twin 30 mm AA guns
  • Ten mines
Yurka-class minesweeper 4 Giza (530)
Aswan (533)
Qena (536)
Sohag (539)		  Soviet Union 569 tonnes
Armament:
  • Two twin 37 mm AA guns
  • Four twin 12.7 mm machine guns
  • Two depth-charge mortars
  • Mines
Dhat Al Sawari-class minehunter Minehunter 3 Dhat Al Sawari
Navarine
Al Burullus		  United States 203 tonnes
Armament:
  • Two 12.7 mm machineguns
Osprey-class minehunter USS Raven MHC 61 Persian Gulf.jpg 2 Al Farouk (534)
Al Seddiq (521)		  United States The vessels are to receive in-country modernization and technical Support, including the supply of new L3 Machinery Control Systems.[18][19]
904 tonnes
Armament:
  • Two 12.7 mm machine guns
Safaga-class route survey boat Survey vessel 2 Safaga
Abu El Ghosn		  United States 165 tonnes
Pluto Plus-class minehunter MiniU.jpg Unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) 3  Italy Mine Identification & Disposal
Tuima-class minelayer boat Finnish Naval Ship Tuima Class.jpeg Minelayer 4  Soviet Union 250 tonnes
Armament:
  • 2 × double-barreled AK-230 30 mm/65
  • 1 × 12.7 mm machine gun
  • Mines
Landing craft (18)
Polnocny-A-class landing ship The Libyan Polnochny class landing ship.JPEG Landing craft tank 3 301
303
305		  Poland 800 tonnes
Armament:
  • Two SA-N-5 Grail quad launchers
  • 30 mm (twin)
  • 18 tube 140 mm rocket launchers
Vydra-class landing ship[20] Egyptian landing craft.jpg Landing craft utility 9 330
332
334
336
338
340
342
344
346		  Soviet Union 600 tonnes
Armament:
  • Two twin 40 mm AA guns
EDA-R class US Navy 120207-N-YF306-086 A French landing catamaran (L-CAT) pulls into the well deck of the amphibious assault ship USS WASP (LHD 1).jpg Landing craft 2 GN 011
AS 021 [21]		  France 300 tonnes
Armament:
  • two 12.7 mm machine guns
  • two 7.62 mm machine guns.
CTM-NG VPCM BT120.jpg 4 GN 012
GN 013
AS 022
AS 023[22]		  France 150 tonnes
Support ships (4)
Type 701E transport ship[23] ENS Shalatin (230) Replenishment Ship.jpg Replenishment ship 1 (230)  Germany 3680 tonnes
Armament:
Westerwald-class transport ship Ammunition ship 1 (231)  Germany 4000 tonnes
Poluchat-II-class boat Torpedo retriever 2  Soviet Union 95 tonnes
Fuel tankers (9)
Toplivo II-class tanker Coastal-
tanker		 9 Aida 4 (210)
Maryut (211)
Al Furat (212)
Al Nil (213)
Ekdu (214)
Atbarah (215)
Aida 3 (216)
Al Manzalla (217)
Al Burulus (218)		  Egypt 1200 tonnes
Tugboats (7)
Okhtenskiy-class oceangoing tug Tugboat 5 El Max (103)
El Agamy (105)
El Kantara (107)
El Dekheila (109)
El Eskandarany (111)		  Soviet Union
 Egypt		 940 tonnes
Natick-class harbor tug 2  United States
 Egypt		 560 tonnes
Training vessels (5)
Black Swan-class frigate HMS Black Swan 1945 IWM FL 2274.jpg Training ship 1 Tariq (F931)  United Kingdom 1,490 tonnes
Armament:
El Mahrousa super yacht 1  United Kingdom 3,762 tons
Intisar training ship 1 1000 tons
El Kousseir yacht 1 500 tonnes
Z-class destroyer HMS Zebra.jpg 1 ex-Al Fateh, ex HMS Zenith (R95)  United Kingdom 2,570 tons
Harbour training vessel. Name transferred to first Gowind-class corvette September 2017; report did not specify ship was decommissioned.

Egyptian Coast Guard[]

The Egyptian Coast Guard is responsible for the onshore protection of public installations near the coast and the patrol of coastal waters to prevent smuggling.

Patrol boats[]

  • 22 Timsah I/II class
  • 12 Sea Spectre PB Mk III class
  • 9 Swiftships class
  • 6 MV70 class
  • 5 P-6 (Project 183) class
  • 3 Textron class

Patrol crafts[]

  • 25 Swiftships 26m class
  • 16 SR.N6 class
  • 9 Type 83 class
  • 6 Crestitalia class
  • 12 Spectre class
  • 12 Peterson class
  • 5 Nisr class
  • 29 DC-30 class
  • 3 of 6 MRTP-20 Yonka Onuk MRTP-20 class[24][25]

See also[]

References[]

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