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ENS Anwar El Sadat
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ENS Anwar El Sadat (L1020) is an Egyptian Navy amphibious assault ship, a type of helicopter carrier, of the French Mistral class. It was originally built in France for the Russian Navy as part of a contract for two of these warships and underwent sea trials.[6] The contract with Russia was subsequently cancelled by France and an agreement on compensation was reached with the Russian government. Egypt and France eventually concluded a deal to acquire the two warships for roughly 950 million euros.[7] Egypt is considered the first and only country in Africa and the Middle East to possess a helicopter carrier of such type.[8]
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Name | Sevastopol |
Ordered | June 2011 |
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Laid down | 18 June 2013[1] |
Launched | 20 November 2014[2] |
Status | Contract cancelled |
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Name | Anwar El Sadat |
Namesake | Anwar Sadat |
Acquired | 16 September 2016[3] |
Homeport | Alexandria |
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Status | In service |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Mistral-class amphibious assault ship |
Displacement |
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Length | 199 m (653 ft) |
Beam | 32 m (105 ft) |
Draught | 6.3 m (21 ft) |
Installed power | 3 × Wärtsilä 16V32 (3 × 6,200 kW (8,300 hp)) |
Speed | 18.8 knots (34.8 km/h; 21.6 mph) |
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Armament | 4 × AN/TWQ-1 Avenger mobile SAM (32 FIM-92 Stinger missiles)[4] |
Aircraft carried |
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Aviation facilities | Helicopter deck and hangar |
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