Английская Википедия:ENS Al-Aziz
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ENS Al-Aziz (F 904) (Шаблон:Lang-ar, lit. "powerful") is the lead ship of Шаблон:Sclasss of the Egyptian Navy.
Design and description
Al-Aziz is a MEKO A-200EN frigate, designed by Blohm + Voss. The frigate has a length of Шаблон:Convert, beam of Шаблон:Convert, and draught of Шаблон:Convert.[1] The frigate has a full load displacement of Шаблон:Convert and is powered by combined diesel and gas waterjet and refined propeller (CODAG WARP) propulsion system, consisted of two Шаблон:Convert MTU 16V 1163 TB93 diesel engines connected to two shafts with controllable pitch propellers, and one Шаблон:Convert General Electric LM2500 gas turbine to power the waterjet. She has a speed of Шаблон:Convert and range of Шаблон:Convert with cruising speed of Шаблон:Convert. The ship has a complement of 120 personnel.[2]
The ship is armed with one Otobreda 127 mm/64 gun and four 20 mm Oerlikon Searanger 20 remote weapon systems.[3] For surface warfare, Al-Aziz are equipped with eight Exocet MM40 Block 3 anti-ship missile launchers, consisted of two quad launchers, and 32 vertical launching system cells for VL MICA NG anti-aircraft missiles. For anti-submarine warfare, she is equipped with two twin 324 mm torpedo tubes for MU90 Impact and DM2A4 torpedoes.[4][5]
Her sensors and electronic systems consisted of Thales NS-110 4D active electronically scanned array air/surface surveillance radar, satellite communication system, towed array sonar, Thales SCORPION 2 ECM and ESM system.[4]
The frigate's countermeasures systems consisted of two 32-tube Rheinmetall Multi Ammunition Softkill System (MASS) decoy launchers and decoy launchers for Leonardo WASS C310 surface anti-torpedo countermeasure systems.[4]
Al-Aziz has a flight deck and hangar capable to accommodate two helicopters and a vertically-launched drone,[4] and two boats.[2]
Construction and career
The Egyptian government signed a US$2.7 billion contract with ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) in November 2018 for four MEKO A-200EN frigates and training program for its crews. Three ships were constructed in Germany, with the fourth ship to be built in Egypt.[6][7]
Work on the construction of the ship was started with the first steel cutting ceremony in September 2019,[8] with her keel was laid down in 2020.[7] The frigate was launched in late April 2021 at Stahlbau Nord GmbH shipyard in Bremerhaven[9][10] and was fitted out at TKMS facility in Kiel.[11] The ship was named as Al-Aziz in July 2021.[8] She started sea trials in April 2022.[12]
Al-Aziz was handed over to the Egyptian Navy at a ceremony held in Bremerhaven on 14 October 2022. She then sailed for her homeport in Alexandria.[13][14] The frigate arrived at Alexandria Naval Base in 2 November 2022.[15][16][17]
References
External links
- Al Aziz Frigate
- الفرقاطة "العزيز" تنضم للقوات المسلحة المصرية (The frigate "Al-Aziz" joins the Egyptian armed forces) by skynewsarabia.com
