List of ships of the Egyptian Navy

This is a list of Egyptian Navy ships including all ships of the Egyptian Navy as well as its predecessors.

The Egyptian Navy is the largest navy in the Middle East and Africa.[1] Since 2013, the Egyptian Navy made a modernization project in which new vessels were acquired from western sources such as the United States, Germany, Italy and France.[2][3]

Current and future ships

Submarines (8)

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement Ships Note
Romeo-class submarine  People's Republic of China Conventional attack submarine 4 1,830 tonnes 849 Armament:
852
855
858
Type 209/1400mod-class submarine  Germany Diesel-electric attack submarine 4 1,586 tonnes S41 (861) Delivered between 2017 and 2021 [4][5][6]

Armament:

S42 (864)
S43 (867)
S44 (870)

Amphibious assault ship / Helicopter carrier (2)

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement Ships Note
Mistral-class amphibious assault ship [9]  France Landing helicopter dock (LHD) 2 21,300 tonnes Gamal Abdel Nasser (L1010) Armament:
Anwar
El Sadat (L1020)

Frigates (13)

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement Ships Note
Aquitaine-class frigate

FREMM

 France Anti-submarine frigate 1 6,000 tonnes Tahya Misr (FFG1001) Armament:
Bergamini subclass FREMM frigate

FREMM

 Italy Multi-purpose frigate 2 6,700 tonnes Al-Galala (FFG1002) [11]
  • 16-cell MBDA SYLVER A50 VLS for 16 MBDA Aster 15 and 30 missiles
  • 1 × Leonardo Otobreda 127/64 Vulcano
  • 1 × Leonardo OTO Melara 76/62 mm Davide/Strales CIWS gun
  • 2 × Leonardo Oto Melara/Oerlikon KBA 25/80 mm remote weapon systems
  • 8 × MBDA Teseo\Otomat Mk-2/A anti-ship and land attack missiles
  • 2 x triple Leonardo (WASS) B-515/3 launcher for MU 90 torpedoes
  • 2 x SITEP MASS CS-424 acoustic guns
Bernees

(FFG1003)

Al-Aziz-class frigate [12]

Meko A-200EN

 Germany Multi-purpose frigate 4 3,700 tonnes ENS Al-Aziz

(FFG-904)

First two operational as of May 2023.[13]

Armament:

  • 1 × Oto Melara 127/64 LW 127 mm main gun (possibly with VULCANO ammunition)
  • 2 × Mauser BK-27 27mm guns (possibly SEAHAWK A2 model)
  • 16× MM-40 Exocet block 3 anti-ship missiles
  • 32 × VLS for MBDA MICA-NG VL surface to air missiles
  • 2 × MU90 torpedo launchers
  • 4 × Rheinmetall MASS decoy launchers
  • 2 × WASS/Finmeccanica MORPHEUS acoustic countermeasures
ENS Al-Qahhar

(FFG-905)

ENS Al-Qadeer

(FFG-909)

ENS Sajm Al-Jabbar

(FFG-910) [14]

Oliver Hazard Perry-class frigate  United States Guided missile frigate 4[2] 4,200 tonnes Sharm El-Sheikh (F901) Armament:
Toshka (F906)
Alexandria (F911)
Taba (F916)
Knox-class frigate  United States Guided missile frigate 2 4,250 tonnes Domyat (F961) Armament:
Rashid (F966)

Corvettes (7)

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement Ships Note
Gowind-class corvette  France
 Egypt 		Multipurpose corvette 4 2,500 tonnes El Fateh (971) Delivery 2017-2020 [15]

Armament:

  • 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm main gun
  • 16 × VLS for MICA VL
  • 8 × Exocet anti ship missile
  • 2 × Nexter Narwhal 20 mm cannon
  • 2 × triple torpedo launcher
Port Said (976)
El Moez (981)
ENS Luxor (986)
Pohang-class corvette  South Korea
Coastal defense corvette 1 1,200 tonnes Shabab Misr (1000) Second-hand ROKS Jinju[16]

Armament:

  • 2 x OTO Melara 76 mm/62 compact cannon
  • 4 x Harpoon missiles
  • 2 x Nobong 40mm/70 twin cannons
  • 2 x Mark 32 triple torpedo tubes (with 6× Blue Shark torpedoes)
  • 12 x Mark 9 depth charges
Descubierta-class corvette  Spain Corvette 2 1,640 tonnes El Suez (F946) Armament:
Abou Qir (F941)

Fast attack craft (34)

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement Ships Note
Ezzat-class missile boat

Ambassador Mk III

 United States
 Singapore 		Fast missile craft 4 600 tonnes S. Ezzat (682) [17]

Armament:

F. Zekry (684)
A. Gad (686)
M. Fahmy (688)
P-32 Molniya-class missile craft  Russia Fast missile craft 1 550 tonnes Ahmed Fadel
(C-801) 		[18]
Armament:
  • 4 x P-270 Moskit/SS-N-22 Sunburn anti-ship missiles.
  • 12 x SA-18 SAM MANPAD air defence missiles.
  • 1 x 76 mm AK-176 dual purpose main gun.
  • 2 x AK-630 30 mm gun for air defence.
October-class missile boat  Egypt — Missile boat 6 82 tonnes 781 Armament:
  • Two Otomat SSM
  • Two twin 30 mm AA guns
783
785
787
789
791
Type 024 missile boat  People's Republic of China Missile boat 79 tonnes 609 Armament:
  • 2 × HY-1J anti-ship missiles
  • 2 × Type 61 25 mm guns (II x 2)
611
613
615
617
619
Osa-class missile boat  Soviet Union Missile boat 8 235 tonnes 633 Armament:
637
639
641
643
64_
64_
653
Ramadan-class missile boat  United Kingdom Missile boat 6 317 tonnes Ramadan (670) Armament:
  • Four Otomat SSM
  • One 76 mm OTO Melara DP gun
  • One twin 40 mm Breda AA gun
Khybar (672)
Kadesseya (674)
Yarmouk (676)
Badr (678)
Hetteen (680)
Tiger-class missile boat  West Germany Missile boat 5 265 tonnes 601 Armament:
602
603
604
605
Shanghai II-class gunboat  People's Republic of China Gunboat 4 135 tonnes 793 Armament:
  • Two twin 37 mm AA guns
  • Two twin 23 mm AA guns
795
797
799

Submarine chasers (8)

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement Ships Note
Hainan-class submarine chaser  People's Republic of China Anti-submarine vessel 8 430 tonnes Al Nour (430) Armament:
  • Two twin 57 mm AA guns
  • Two twin 23 mm AA guns
  • Two triple 12.75-inch (324 mm) torpedo tubes
  • Four BU-1200 anti-submarine rocket launchers
  • Two depth-charge mortars
  • Two depth-charge racks
  • Mines
Al Hadi (433)
Al Hakeem (436)
Al Wakeel (439)
Al Kdar (442)
Al Samad (445)
Al Salam (448)
Al Rafe (451)

Mine warfare vessels (23)

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement Ships Note
T43-class minesweeper  Soviet Union Minesweeper 5 460 tonnes Gharbia (501) Armament:
  • Two twin 30 mm AA guns
  • Ten mines
Daqahlia (507)
Baharia (510)
Sinai (513)
Assuit (516)
Yurka-class minesweeper  Soviet Union Minesweeper 4 569 tonnes Giza (530) Armament:
  • Two twin 37 mm AA guns
  • Four twin 12.7 mm machine guns
  • Two depth-charge mortars
  • Mines
Aswan (533)
Qena (536)
Sohag (539)
Dhat Al Sawari-class minehunter  United States — Minehunter 3 203 tonnes Dhat Al Sawari Armament:
  • Two 12.7 mm machineguns
Navarine
Al Burullus
Osprey-class minehunter  United States Minehunter 2 904 tonnes Al Farouk (534) The vessels are to receive in-country modernization and technical Support, including the supply of new L3 Machinery Control Systems.[19][20]
Armament:
  • Two 12.7 mm machine guns
Al Seddiq (521)
Safaga-class mine route survey boat  United States — Survey vessel 2 165 tonnes Safaga —
Abu El Ghosn
Pluto Plus-class minehunter  Italy Unmanned underwater vehicle (UUV) 3 — — Mine Identification & Disposal
Tuima-class minelayer boat  Soviet Union Minelayer 4 250 tonnes — Armament:
  • 2 × double-barreled AK-230 30 mm/65
  • 1 × 12.7 mm machine gun
  • Mines

Landing ships and craft (18)

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement Ships Note
Polnocny-class landing ship  Poland Landing craft tank 3 800 tonnes 301 Armament:
  • Two SA-N-5 Grail quad launchers
  • 30 mm (twin)
  • 18 tube 140 mm rocket launchers
303
305
Vydra-class landing ship  Soviet Union Landing craft utility 9 600 tonnes 330 [21]

Armament:

  • Two twin 40 mm AA guns
332
334
336
338
340
342
344
346
EDA-R-class landing craft  France Landing craft 2 300 tonnes GN 011 [22]

Armament:

  • two 12.7 mm machine guns
  • two 7.62 mm machine guns.
AS 021
CTM-NG-class landing craft  France Landing craft 4 GN 012 150 tonnes [22]
GN 013
AS 022
AS 023

Support ships (6)

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement Ships Note
Lüneburg-class replenishment ship

Type 701E

 Germany Replenishment ship 1 3,680 tonnes Shalatin (230) Armament:
Westerwald-class transport ship  Germany Ammunition ship 1 3,469 tonnes Halayib (231) —
Fort Rosalie-class replenishment ship  United Kingdom Replenishment ship 2 23,482 tonnes Abu Simbel (233) [23]

Armament:

  • - 2 Phalanx CIWS 20 mm automatic cannon for close combat
  • - 2 20 mm cannon
  • - 4 7.62 mm machine guns
Luxor
Poluchat-II-class torpedo retriever  Soviet Union — Torpedo retriever 2 95 tonnes — —

Fuel tankers (9)

Class Origin Type Quantity Combat displacement Ships
Toplivo II-class tanker  Soviet Union Coastal
tanker 		9 1,200 tonnes Aida 4 (210)
Maryut (211)
Al Furat (212)
Al Nil (213)
Ekdu (214)
Atbarah (215)
Aida 3 (216)
Al Manzalla (217)
Al Burulus (218)

Tugboats (7)

Class Origin Type Quantity Combat displacement Ships
Okhtenskiy-class oceangoing tug  Egypt Tugboat 5 940 tonnes El Max (103)
El Agamy (105)
El Kantara (107)
El Dekheila (109)
El Eskandarany (111)
Natick-class harbor tug  United States
 Egypt 		Tugboat 2 560 tonnes —
—

Miscellaneous vessels

Class Origin Image Type Quantity Combat displacement Ships Note
Okhtenskiy-class oceangoing tug  United Kingdom Training ship 1 1,490 tonnes Tariq (F931) Armament:
Intisar training ship — Training ship 1 1,000 tonnes — —
Z-class destroyer  United Kingdom Training ship 1 2,570 tonnes ex-Al Fateh, ex HMS Zenith (R95) Harbour training vessel. Name transferred to first Gowind-class corvette September 2017; report did not specify ship was decommissioned.
El Kousseir yacht — — Presidential yacht 1 500 tonnes — —
El Mahrousa super yacht  United Kingdom Presidential yacht 1 3,762 tonnes El Mahrousa —

Egyptian Coast Guard

The Egyptian Coast Guard is responsible for the onshore protection of public installations near the coast and the patrol of coastal waters to prevent smuggling.

Patrol boats

  • 22 Timsah I/II class
  • 12 Sea Spectre PB Mk III class
  • 9 Swiftships class
  • 6 MV70 class
  • 5 P-6 (Project 183) class
  • 3 Textron class

Patrol crafts

  • 25 Swiftships 26m class
  • 16 SR.N6 class
  • 9 Type 83 class
  • 6 Crestitalia class
  • 12 Spectre class
  • 12 Peterson class
  • 5 Nisr class
  • 29 DC-30 class
  • 3 of 6 MRTP-20 Yonka Onuk MRTP-20 class[24][25]

See also

References

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