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History | |
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Egypt | |
Name |
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Namesake | Arabic "Extraordinary"And Abdul Qadeer Khan,a Pakistani nuclear scientist. |
Ordered | November 2018 |
Builder | Stahlbau Nord GmbH, Bremerhaven |
Laid down | 2021 |
Launched | April 2022 |
Commissioned | Est.2023 |
Identification | Hull number: It has not been announced yet. |
Motto | |
Nickname(s) | Qadeer Khan |
Status | Mooring tests are being carried out |
General characteristics | |
Type | Al-Aziz-class frigate |
Displacement | 3,700 tonnes (3,600 long tons) full |
Length | 118 m (387 ft) |
Beam | 14.8 m (49 ft) |
Draught | 4.3 m (14 ft) |
Propulsion |
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Speed | 28 knots (52 km/h) |
Range | 7,200 NM (13,300 km) at 16 knots (30 km/h) |
Boats & landing craft carried | 2 × boats |
Complement | 120 |
Sensors and processing systems | |
Electronic warfare & decoys | |
Armament |
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Aircraft carried | 2 × helicopters |
Aviation facilities | Flight deck and hangar |
ENS Al-Qadeer (The Hull number has not been announced yet) (Arabic: القدير, lit. "remarkable" or "uncommon") is an Al-Aziz-class frigates of the Egyptian Navy.
The frigate was launched on April 28, 2022 and was named by Ashraf Ibrahim Atwa, commander of the Egyptian navy, on October 14 of the same year.
One of the names of the frigate comes from Abdul Qadeer Khan, a Pakistani nuclear scientist.He created the first Muslim country with nuclear weapons.
Mooring tests are currently under way.