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EL AMIR FAROUQ sloop (1926)


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El Amir Farouq

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
الامير فاروق   [El Amir Farouq]     Hawthorn Leslie, Tyne, UK   1926 1926 sunk 22.11.1948


Technical data


Displacement standard, t1441
Displacement full, t 
Length, m

75.3

Breadth, m

10.4

Draught, m

4.04

No of shafts

2

Machinery

2 VTE, boilers

Power, h. p.

2800

Max speed, kts

17

Fuel, t

oil

Armament

1 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 4 x 1 - 7.7/87

Complement

70



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<i>El Amir Farouq</i>
El Amir Farouq


Project history

Close on construction and appearance to standard Flower type sloop of WWI-era, but differed by twin-shaft machinery with VTEs and oil-burning boilers and weakened armament. Flagship of Egyptian Navy.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

El Amir Farouq was sunk 22.11.1948 off Gaza by Israeli MTM-type explosive boats bought in Italy.