El Suez 2000
Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
السويس [El Suez] (ex-Centinela) | 941 | Bazán, Ferrol, Spain | 31.10.1978 | 8.10.1979 | 21.5.1984 | in service (2019) | |
أبو قير [Aboukir] (ex-Serviola) | 946 | Bazán, Ferrol, Spain | 28.2.1979 | 20.12.1979 | 27.10.1984 | in service (2019) |
Displacement standard, t |
1270 |
Displacement full, t |
1560 |
Length, m |
85.8 pp 88.9 oa |
Breadth, m |
10.4 |
Draught, m |
3.95 mean 5.20 max |
No of shafts |
2 |
Machinery |
4 MTU-Bazán 16V956 TB91 diesels |
Power, h. p. |
18000 |
Max speed, kts |
26 |
Fuel, t |
diesel oil 250 |
Endurance, nm(kts) |
6100(18) |
Armament |
2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84A/C), 1 x 8 Albatros SAM (24 Aspide), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 40/70 Bofors 350, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, 1 x 2 - 375 Bofors ASWRL |
Electronic equipment |
DA-05/2, ZW-06/2, WM-25 radars, DE1160B, DE1167 sonars, Beta ECM suite |
Complement |
116 |
Project history: Both ships were laid down for the Spanish Navy but purchased by Egypt in 1982.
Modernizations: 1995-1996, both: - ZW-06/2 radar; + ZW-06/Z radar, 2x SRBOC Mk 35 decoy RL, SEWACO CCS
Naval service: No significant events.
El Suez 1999
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