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SHARM EL SHEIKH frigates (1981-1982/1996-1998)

Sharm El Sheikh 2000

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
شرم الشيخ [Sharm El Sheikh] (ex-Fahrion) 901   Todd, San Pedro, USA 1.12.1978 24.8.1979 16.1.1982 // 18.9.1996 in service (2019)
توشكى [Toushka] (ex-Lewis B. Puller) 906   Todd, San Pedro, USA 23.5.1979 15.3.1980 17.4.1982 // 3.1997 in service (2019)
طابا [Mubarak] (ex-Copeland), 2011 - إسكندرية [Eskendria] 911   Todd, San Pedro, USA 24.10.1979 26.7.1980 7.8.1982 // 31.3.1998 in service (2019)
مبارك [Taba] (ex-Gallery) 916   General Dynamics Bath Iron Works, USA 17.5.1980 20.12.1980 5.12.1981 // 30.9.1998 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

2948 light

Displacement full, t

3881

Length, m

125.9 wl 135.6 oa

Breadth, m

13.7

Draught, m

5.80 mean 6.70 max

No of shafts

1

Machinery

2 General Electric LM-2500 gas turbines

Power, h. p.

41000

Max speed, kts

29

Fuel, t

gas turbine oil 587

Endurance, nm(kts) 4200(20)

Armament

1 x 1 Harpoon SSM / Standard SM-1MR SAM (4 RGM-84 + 36 RIM-66), 1 x 1 - 76/62 Mk 75, 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx Block 1B, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (24 Mk 46 Mod.5), 2 helicopters (SH-2G(E) Super SeaSprite)

Electronic equipment

SPS-55, SPS-49(V)4, Mk 92 Mod.4, SPG-60, Furuno radars, SQS-56 sonar, SLQ-32A(V)2 ECM suite, 2x Mk 36 SRBOC decoy RL, SLQ-25 Nixie towed torpedo decoy, NTDS CCS

Complement

215

Project history: USN Oliver H. Perry class frigates, transferred without towed sonar array.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Taba 2006

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