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Arab Republic of Egypt - Egyptian Naval Force FFG 1001 ENS Tahya Misr |
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Type,
class:
Aquitaine / FREMM class Multipurpose
Frigate Builder: DCNS (now Naval Group), Lorient, Brittany, France STATUS: Laid down: October 8, 2008 (as FS Normandie) Launched: October 18, 2012 sold to Egypt in 2015 / renamed Tahya Misr Commissioned: March 17, 2016 IN SERVICE Homeport: Alexandria |
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Displacement:
6000 tons (full load) Length: 142 meters (466 feet) Beam: 20 meters (66 ft) Draft: 5 meters (16 ft) Speed: 27 knots (50 km/h), max. / 15.6 knots (29 km/h) max. cruise speed Range: 6000 NM (11000 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h) Complement: 145 Propulsion: CODLOG (Combined Diesel-Electric or Gas) 1 x General Electric/Avio LM2500+G4 Gas Turbine (32MW) 2 x Jeumont Electric Motors (2,5 MW each) 4 x MTU 16V 4000 N43B Diesel Generators (2,2 MW each) 2 shafts, 2 controllable pitch propellers 1 x bow thruster (1 MW) Armament: 1 x SYLVER A-43 Vertical Launching System / VLS (16 cells) for MBDA Aster 15 SAM 1 x OtoMelara/Leonardo 76/62SR (3-inches - 76mm / 62-caliber) gun 8 x MBDA MM40 Exocet Block 3 SSM missiles 2 x Nexter Narwhal 20 Naval Weapon Station (NWS) 2 x WASS/EuroTorp B515/3 twin torpedo tubes for Eurotorp MU90 Impact torpedoes Aviation: flight deck (26,5x18,5 m) & hangar (18x12,5 m) for 1 helicopter Systems: Thales HERAKLES multi-purpose passive electronically scanned array radar system Terma Scanter 2001 navigation radar Thales ARTEMIS infra-red search and track system IRST SETIS multifunction combat management system Sagem/Safran NAJIR fire control system (76/62 gun) Thales UMS 4110 CL hull sonar Thales UMS 4249 CAPTAS 4 towed sonar (ASW versions only) 2 x SLAT (systeme de lutte anti-torpille) anti-torpedo decoys NGDS decoy launcher Thales TUUM-6 Underwater Telephone SAMAHE helicopter handling system |
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ENS Tahya Misr (FFG 1001) is a multipurpose frigate of the Egyptian
Navy. The ship was originally constructed as the
French Navy
Aquitaine class "Normandie" before being acquired by Egypt and being
renamed. On 16 February 2015, the Egyptian Navy ordered one FREMM vessel to enter service before the opening of the New Suez Canal, as part of a larger deal (including 24 Rafales and a supply of missiles) worth US$5.9 billion (€5.2 billion). The SYLVER A70 VLS and NETTUNO-4100 jamming equipment were removed due to export limitations for such sensitive equipment.. The SATCOM antenna for the French Syracuse satellites was also taken down; however, Egypt will use its own military telecommunications satellite, supplied by Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space, in conjunction with its naval vessels. From March 2015, DCNS trained the Egyptian crew in the technology of the ship and DCNS and its partners accompanied the crew for a period of 15 months. In order to keep to Egypt's deadlines, France offered to send Normandie, originally intended for the French Navy. On 23 June 2015, French naval shipbuilder DCNS transferred the FREMM frigate Tahya Misr ( ex-Normandie) to the Egyptian Navy. A ceremony took place to transfer Normandie, renamed Tahya Misr ("Long Live Egypt") to Egypt, in the presence of General Sedki Sobhy, the Egyptian Minister of Defense, Jean-Yves Le Drian, the French Minister of Defense, Admiral Osama Rabie, Egyptian Navy Commander in Chief, Admiral Bernard Rogel, the French Chief of Navy and Hervé Guillou, Chairman & CEO of DCNS. The frigate sailed for the first time under the Egyptian flag on 24 June 2015, and as the flagship of the fleet on 6 August, it participated in the inauguration of the new Suez Canal. |
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