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EGYPTIAN NAVY (EGYPT)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS AND CRAFT

ASWAN seagoing minesweepers (1970-1971)

Aswan 1975

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
أسوان [Aswan] 695, 1978- 536, 2010s- 533   Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy, USSR     1970 in service (2019)
جيزة [Ghiza] 690, 1978- 537, 1987- 533, 2010s- 530   Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy, USSR     1970 in service (2019)
قنا [Qena] 696, 1978- 538, 2010s- 536   Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy, USSR     1971 in service (2019)
سوهاج [Sohag] 699, 1978- 539   Sredne-Nevskiy, Pontonnyy, USSR     1971 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

519

Displacement full, t

560

Length, m

52.1

Breadth, m

9.40

Draught, m

2.65

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 M-503B diesels

Power, h. p.

5000

Max speed, kts

16

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

1500(12)

Armament

2 x 4 Strela-3 SAM (16 9M36), 2 x 2 - 30/71 AK-230M, 2 DCR (36), 10 mines, BKT or MT-1D or PST-1 or PPT-1 mechanical, TEM-3 magnetic, PAUT, AT-3 acoustic minesweeping gears, 2 200m HsZ-1M or ShZ-2 mine clearing line charges

Electronic equipment

Rym-K, MR-104 Rys', Don radars, MG-69 Lan' sonar

Complement

56

Project history: Soviet-built project 266 seagoing minesweepers, specially built for Egyptian Navy.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Aswan 1978

Aswan 1998

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