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[edit]

Submarines (8)[edit]

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement
Type 209 class  Germany Attack submarine 4 active 1,600 tons
Type 033 submarine  China Attack submarine 4 active 1,475 tons surfaced

1,830 tons submerged

Helicopter Carrier (2)[edit]

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement
Mistral-class  France Landing helicopter dock (LHD) 2 active 21,500 tons

Frigates (13)[edit]

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement
FREMM  France Anti-submarine frigate 1 active 6,000 tons
FREMM  Italy Multi-purpose frigate 2 active 6,700 tons
MEKO A200  Germany

 Egypt

Multi-purpose frigate 4 active 3,700 tons
Oliver Hazard Perry  United States Multi-purpose frigate 4 active 4,200 tons
Knox  United States
Multi-purpose frigate 2 active 4,130 tons

Corvettes (7)[edit]

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement
Gowind-class  France

 Egypt

 Multipurpose corvette 4 active 2,500 tonnes
Descubierta-class corvette  Spain Multi-purpose corvette 2 active 1,482 tonnes
Pohang-class corvette  South Korea ASW corvette 1 active 1,220 tonnes

Fast Attack Craft (38)[edit]

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement
Ambassador Mk III  United States
 Singapore 		Fast missile craft 4 active 600 tonnes
P-32 Molniya-class missile craft  Russia Fast missile craft 1 active 550 tonnes
October class missile boat  Egypt Missile boat 6 active 82 tonnes
Osa class missile boat  Soviet Union Missile boat 8 active 235 tonnes
Ramadan class missile boat  United Kingdom Missile boat 6 active 317 tonnes
Tiger-class missile boat  West Germany Missile boat 5 active 265 tonnes
Shanghai II-class gunboat  People's Republic of China Gunboat 8 active 135 tonnes

Submarine chasers (8)[edit]

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement Ships Note
Hainan-class submarine chaser  People's Republic of China Anti-submarine vessel 8 430 tonnes Al Nour (430) 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
Al Hadi (433)
Al Hakeem (436)
Al Wakeel (439)
Al Kdar (442)
Al Samad (445)
Al Salam (448)
Al Rafe (451)

Mine warfare vessels (23)[edit]

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement Ships Note
T43-class minesweeper  Soviet Union Minesweeper 5 460 tonnes Gharbia (501) Armament:
  • Two twin 30 mm AA guns
  • Ten mines
Daqahlia (507)
Baharia (510)
Sinai (513)
Assuit (516)
Yurka-class minesweeper  Soviet Union Minesweeper 4 569 tonnes Giza (530) Armament:
  • Two twin 37 mm AA guns
  • Four twin 12.7 mm machine guns
  • Two depth-charge mortars
  • Mines
Aswan (533)
Qena (536)
Sohag (539)
Dhat Al Sawari-class minehunter  United States — Minehunter 3 203 tonnes Dhat Al Sawari Armament:
  • Two 12.7 mm machineguns
Navarine
Al Burullus
Osprey-class minehunter  United States Minehunter 2 904 tonnes Al Farouk (534) The vessels are to receive in-country modernization and technical Support, including the supply of new L3 Machinery Control Systems.[4][5]
Armament:
  • Two 12.7 mm machine guns
Al Seddiq (521)
Safaga-class mine route survey boat  United States — Survey vessel 2 165 tonnes Safaga —
Abu El Ghosn
Pluto Plus-class minehunter  Italy Unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) 3 — — Mine Identification & Disposal
Tuima-class minelayer boat  Soviet Union Minelayer 4 250 tonnes — Armament:
  • 2 × double-barreled AK-230 30 mm/65
  • 1 × 12.7 mm machine gun
  • Mines

Landing ships and craft (18)[edit]

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement Ships Note
Polnocny-class landing ship  Poland Landing craft tank 3 800 tonnes 301 Armament:
  • Two SA-N-5 Grail quad launchers
  • 30 mm (twin)
  • 18 tube 140 mm rocket launchers
303
305
Vydra-class landing ship  Soviet Union Landing craft utility 9 600 tonnes 330 [6]

Armament:

  • Two twin 40 mm AA guns
332
334
336
338
340
342
344
346
EDA-R-class landing craft  France Landing craft 2 300 tonnes GN 011 [7]

Armament:

  • two 12.7 mm machine guns
  • two 7.62 mm machine guns.
AS 021
CTM-NG-class landing craft  France Landing craft 4 GN 012 150 tonnes [7]
GN 013
AS 022
AS 023

Support ships (6)[edit]

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement Ships Note
Fort Rosalie-class replenishment ship  United Kingdom Replenishment ship 2 23,482 tonnes Abu Simbel (233) [8]

Armament:

  • - 2 Phalanx CIWS 20 mm automatic cannon for close combat
  • - 2 20 mm cannon
  • - 4 7.62 mm machine guns
Luxor
Lüneburg-class replenishment ship

Type 701E

 Germany Replenishment ship 1 3,680 tonnes Shalatin (230) Armament:
Westerwald-class transport ship  Germany Ammunition ship 1 3,469 tonnes Halayib (231) —
Poluchat-II-class torpedo retriever  Soviet Union — Torpedo retriever 2 95 tonnes — —

Fuel tankers (9)[edit]

Class Origin Type Quantity Combat displacement Ships
Toplivo II-class tanker  Soviet Union Coastal
tanker 		9 1,200 tonnes Aida 4 (210)
Maryut (211)
Al Furat (212)
Al Nil (213)
Ekdu (214)
Atbarah (215)
Aida 3 (216)
Al Manzalla (217)
Al Burulus (218)

Tugboats (7)[edit]

Class Origin Type Quantity Combat displacement Ships
Okhtenskiy-class oceangoing tug  Egypt Tugboat 5 940 tonnes El Max (103)
El Agamy (105)
El Kantara (107)
El Dekheila (109)
El Eskandarany (111)
Natick-class harbor tug  United States
 Egypt 		Tugboat 2 560 tonnes —
—

Miscellaneous vessels[edit]

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement Ships Note
Black Swan-class sloop  United Kingdom Training ship 1 1,490 tonnes Tariq (F931) Armament:
Intisar training ship — Training ship 1 1,000 tonnes — —
Z-class destroyer  United Kingdom Training ship 1 2,570 tonnes ex-Al Fateh, ex HMS Zenith (R95) Harbour training vessel. Name transferred to first Gowind-class corvette September 2017; report did not specify ship was decommissioned.
El Kousseir yacht — — Presidential yacht 1 500 tonnes — —
El Mahrousa super yacht  United Kingdom Presidential yacht 1 3,762 tonnes El Mahrousa —

Egyptian Coast Guard[edit]

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[edit]

  • 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[edit]

  • 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[9][10]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ GDC (2021-05-03). "Why Egypt Intensifying Its Military Modernization, Training And Exercises In MENA Regions". Global Defense Corp. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  2. ^ "Oliver Hazard Perry Class Guided Missile Frigate - Naval Technology". www.naval-technology.com. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  3. ^ GDC (2020-06-15). "Italy approves the sale of two Fincantieri FREMM frigates for Egyptian Navy". Global Defense Corp. Retrieved 2021-07-16.
  4. ^ "Egyptian Navy In-Country Technical Assistance and Support".
  5. ^ "L3 Maritime Systems Wins Contract to Provide Machinery Control Systems for Egyptian Minehunters".
  6. ^ "Project 106 class".
  7. ^ a b "Le premier catamaran de débarquement égyptien rejoint Saint-Nazaire". 18 April 2016.
  8. ^ McGrath, Rebecca (18 July 2022). "Ex-navy ship towed across River Mersey for renaming". Wirral Globe. Warrington. Archived from the original on 22 July 2022. Retrieved 22 January 2023.
  9. ^ "قائد القوات البحرية: أحدث لنشات الصواريخ تنضم للخدمة 2013.. وبناء غواصتين من الجيل المتقدم بألمانيا - بوابة الأهرام". Retrieved 2014-06-05.
  10. ^ "First Turkish Interceptor Delivered To Egyptian Navy |". 14 December 2011. Retrieved 2014-06-05.

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