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SULEIMAN EZZAT missile corvettes (2013-2015)

Suleiman Ezzat 2015

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
سليمان عزت [Suleiman Ezzat] 682   VT Halter Marine, Gulfport, USA   20.10.2011 19.11.2013 in service (2019)
فؤاد ذكري [Fuad Zekry] 684   VT Halter Marine, Gulfport, USA   4.3.2012 6.12.2013 in service (2019)
علي جاد [Ali Gad] 686   VT Halter Marine, Gulfport, USA   2014 2015 in service (2019)
محمود فهمي [Mahmoud Fahmy] 688   VT Halter Marine, Gulfport, USA   2013 2015 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

550

Displacement full, t

780

Length, m

62.0

Breadth, m

9.98

Draught, m

2.75

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 MTU 16V596 TE90 diesels

Power, h. p.

30400

Max speed, kts

35

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts) 2000(15)

Armament

2 x 4 Harpoon Block II SSM (8 RGM-84F), 1 x 21 RAM SAM (21 RIM-116A), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact SR, 1 x 6 - 20/76 Phalanx Mk 15 Block 1B, 2 x 1 - 7.6/90

Electronic equipment

TRS-3D, Scout Mk 2, Pathfinder Mk 2, Sting EO Mk 2 radars, LSEOS Mk 2 e/o system, WBR-2000, ZS-4015E ECM suite, 4x Super Barricade decoy RL, TACTICOS CCS

Complement

38

Project history: USN Ambassador Mk 3 class, ordered in September 2008 (first 3) and March 2010 (fourth). Steel hull with aluminium superstructure.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

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