EL MALEK FAROUQ sloop (1943/1949)

Tariq 1960

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
إل ملك فروق [El Malek Farouq] (ex-Whimbrel), 1956- طارق [Tariq]	42, 1978- 555, 1983- 931		Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK	10.1941	25.8.1942	1.1943 // 11.1949	accommodation vessel mid-1980s, TS late 1980s, stricken 2003

Displacement standard, t

1490

Displacement full, t

1950

Length, m

86.3 pp 91.3 oa

Breadth, m

11.7

Draught, m

3.40 - 3.50 deep load

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers

Power, h. p.

4300

Max speed, kts

19.75

Fuel, t

oil 420

Endurance, nm(kts) 9200(10)

Armament

3 x 2 - 102/45 Mk XIX, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk V, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (110)

Electronic equipment

type 271, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar

Complement

192

Project history: Modified British Black Swan frigate, purchased by Egypt.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Since mid-1980s Tariq served as accommodation hulk but relegated to training service in late 1980s.

Tariq 1980

Tariq 2000

EGYPTIAN NAVY (EGYPT)

ESCORTS

EL MALEK FAROUQ sloop (1943/1949)

Displacement standard, t	1490
Displacement full, t	1950
Length, m	86.3 pp 91.3 oa
Breadth, m	11.7
Draught, m	3.40 - 3.50 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	4300
Max speed, kts	19.75
Fuel, t	oil 420
Endurance, nm(kts)	9200(10)
Armament	3 x 2 - 102/45 Mk XIX, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk V, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (110)
Electronic equipment	type 271, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar
Complement	192