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Tariq 1980

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
إل ملك فروق  [El Malek Farouq] (ex-Whimbrel), 1956-  طارق [Tariq]	42, 1978- 555, 1983- 931		Yarrow, Scotstoun, UK	10.1941	25.8.1942	1.1943 // 11.1949	accommodation vessel mid-1980s, TS late 1980s, stricken 2003

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1490
Displacement full, t	1950
Length, m	86.3 pp 91.3 oa
Breadth, m	11.7
Draught, m	3.40 - 3.50 deep load
No of shafts	2
Machinery	2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers
Power, h. p.	4300
Max speed, kts	19.75
Fuel, t	oil 420
Endurance, nm(kts)	9200(10)
Armament	3 x 2 - 102/45 Mk XIX, 2 x 2 - 40/60 Mk V, 2 x 2 - 20/70 Mk V, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk III, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (110)
Electronic equipment	type 271, type 291 radars, type 144 sonar
Complement	192

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Project history

Modified British Black Swan frigate, purchased by Egypt.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

Since mid-1980s Tariq served as accommodation hulk but relegated to training service in late 1980s.