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词条 Ambassador MK III missile boat
释义

  1. Background

  2. New design

  3. Service history

  4. List of units

  5. References

  6. External links

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Ambassador MK III
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  • US$240m (marginal cost of fourth hull in 2009)[2]
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  • Thales Scout (I/J band) Maritime Surveillance Radar
  • Thales STING-EO Mk2 fire control Radar
  • Link ASN 150, LinkYE, Link 14 and Link 11 data links
  • IFF
  • [https://www.thalesgroup.com/en/worldwide/defence/tacticos-combat-management-system TACTICOS] Combat Management System with Model 033-2T/066-2T Tracking Pedestals.
Ship EW=*4 × chaff/IR Decoy launchers
  • ESM/ECM
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  • 1 × OTO Melara Mk 75 76 mm/62 Super Rapid DP gun
  • 1 × Mk 31 Mod 3 RIM-116 RAM (21 missiles)
  • 1 × Raytheon Mk 15 Mod 21 Phalanx (Block 1B) 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
  • 2 × deck-mounted 7.62 mm M60 machine guns[1]
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The Ambassador MK III fast missile craft or Ezzat class is a small warship built by VT Halter Marine for the Egyptian Navy. Four ships were planned at a total cost of US$1.290b; the first, S. Ezzat, was handed over in November 2013 and the remainder were scheduled to follow in 2013-14. Egypt already operated Halter's Ambassador design as a patrol boat for their Coast Guard fleet, and chose a variant of the design with reduced radar cross-section as the basis for a large modern missile boat. Its design was conducted with the assistance of Lockheed Martin.[7]

Background

The Egyptian Navy has used fast missile boats to patrol its coastline and defend the entrances to the strategic Suez Canal since the Soviet Union transferred {{sclass2-|Komar|missile boat|1}}s in 1962-67[8] and {{sclass2-|Osa|missile boat|1}}s in 1966-68.[9] Their success in sinking the Israeli destroyer Eilat in 1967 and other targets led to the Egyptians acquiring fast attack craft from Europe and China, but the last were acquired in 1982 and by the late 1990s replacements were needed.

New design

On 7 August 2004 the Defense Security Cooperation Agency (DSCA) notified the sale of three fast missile craft to Egypt for US$565m[2] under a U.S. Navy Foreign Military Sales program managed by the U.S. Navy's Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA).[10] A contract was expected to be signed by the end of that year, but industry sources indicate that the program remained in limbo over technical questions that were not resolved until a meeting in Alexandria in January 2005. Phase I began in December 2005, when VT Halter Marine signed a USD 28.8m contract with the US Department of Defense to develop a functional design for a fast missile craft for the Egyptian Navy. This was a new design,[9] sometimes referred to as the Ambassador Mk IV design. Under this phase, VT Halter Marine conducted analytical, design, engineering and model testing for the craft. The effort included preparation for the integration of C4ISR as well as a combat system effectiveness study to validate the system requirements of the vessel. The first phase was completed in December 2006.[1]

On 7 September 2008, the DSCA reported that the budget for three ships had increased to US$1.050 billion[2] and construction finally began in November 2009.[10] On 17 December 2009 the DSCA announced that a fourth vessel would be procured for an additional US$240m, increasing the program cost to US$1.290 billion.[2][11] In May 2010, the Egyptian Navy was in discussions for the procurement of two additional units (five and six). These units could begin around 2014.[1]

Service history

In a ceremony on 25 October 2011, the four vessels had been named as S. Ezzat (named after the Commander in chief Admiral Soliman Ezzat, served between 1953 and 1967),[5] F. Zekry, M. Fahmy and A. Gad.[10] S. Ezzat was laid down on 7 April 2011 and launched in October 2011 and was handed over to the Egyptian Navy on 19 November 2013.[12] F. Zekry was handed over in December.[13][14][15]

On 17 June 2015, the US delivered the remaining two vessels M. Fahmy and A. Gad, on board a U.S. transport ship, to the port of Alexandria.[16] The officers have been under instruction at Pensacola since July 2013, and crew training started in July 2014.[13]

The S. Ezzat class participated in many naval exercises with French, Russian and Hellenic Navy and other national and international exercises.

Members of the class participated in the Yemen Civil War as a part of Saudi-led coalition. The S. Ezzat class was one of four Egyptian warships that sailed on 26 March 2015 through the Suez Canal en route to Yemen to support a Saudi-led operation against anti-government rebels. Warships from a Red Sea base had moved to the Gulf of Aden to secure the regional waters and bab el mandeb strait[17]

List of units

Hull numberNameCommissionedStatus
682S. Ezzat19 November 2013Active[18]
684F. Zekry2013Active[18]
686M. Fahmy2015Active[18]
688A. Gad2015Active[18]

References

1. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://www.amiinter.com/samples/egypt/EG1401.html |title=Egypt - Future Fast Missile Craft (FAC) |website=AMI International |accessdate=2013-09-06 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130522203421/http://www.amiinter.com/samples/egypt/EG1401.html |archivedate=2013-05-22 }}
2. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|title=Egypt – Fast Missile Craft|url=http://www.dsca.mil/sites/default/files/mas/egypt_09-71_0.pdf|website=Defense Security Cooperation Agency|accessdate=25 September 2015|date=18 December 2009}}
3. ^{{cite news |url= http://www.shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/active/vthalter.htm |title= ENS S. Ezzat |access-date= 2016-04-09 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20160406143838/http://shipbuildinghistory.com/history/shipyards/2large/active/vthalter.htm |archive-date= 2016-04-06 |dead-url= yes |df= }}
4. ^{{cite news |url= http://www.thales7seas.com/html_2014/platform113.html |title= ENS S. Ezzat }}
5. ^1 {{cite web|title=Egyptian Navy Fast Missile Craft, Egypt|url=http://www.naval-technology.com/projects/egyptian-navy-fast-missile-craft/|website=naval-technology|publisher=Kable|accessdate=26 September 2015}}
6. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.subsim.com/ssr/page43.html |first=A. D. |last=Baker |title=World Navies in Review |year=2001 |website=Subsim |accessdate=2013-09-06}}
7. ^{{cite news |url=http://www.janes.com/defence/naval_forces/news/jdw/jdw010111_1_n.shtml |title=Egyptian Navy orders four Ambassador MK III PCFGs |first=Darren |last=Lake |work=Janes Defence Weekly |date=11 January 2001 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20010815222010/http://www.janes.com/defence/naval_forces/news/jdw/jdw010111_1_n.shtml |archivedate=2001-08-15}}
8. ^{{cite book | title=The Naval Institute Guide to the Soviet Navy | first=Norman | last=Polmar | publisher = Naval Institute Press | year=1991 | isbn=9780870212413 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=tkGDkpkQh-sC&pg=PA465 | pages=465}}
9. ^1 {{cite book | title=The Naval Institute Guide to Combat Fleets of the World: Their Ships, Aircraft, and Systems| first=Eric | last=Wertheim | publisher = Naval Institute Press | year=2007 | isbn=9781591149552 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TJunjRvplU4C&pg=PA173 | pages=173–4}}
10. ^1 2 3 {{cite web | url=http://www.defensenews.com/article/20111026/DEFSECT03/110260307/New-Missile-Craft-Egypt-Delivered | title=New Missile Craft for Egypt Delivered | date=26 October 2011 | first=Christopher | last=Cavas | publisher=Defense News}}
11. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.janes.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?ID=1065927340 |title=Middle East splashes cash on US, European designs |first=Jon |last=Rosamond |date=22 February 2010 |website=Defense and Security Intelligence and Analysis: IHS Jane's |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817060350/http://www.janes.com/products/janes/defence-security-report.aspx?ID=1065927340 |archivedate=2012-08-17 |subscription=yes}}
12. ^{{cite web|last1=Tringham|first1=Kate|title=Egypt receives first missile craft|url=http://www.janes.com/article/30619/egypt-receives-first-missile-craft|website=IHS Jane's 360|accessdate=2 September 2014|date=21 November 2013}}
13. ^1 2 {{cite news | url=http://www.defensenews.com/article/20131119/DEFREG04/311190035/Egypt-Receives-1st-US-Built-Missile-Craft | title= Egypt Receives 1st US-Built Missile Craft | date=19 November 2013 | accessdate=2013-11-21 | first=Christopher | last=Cavas}}
14. ^{{cite web|last1=Binnie|first1=Jeremy|title=Ambassador IV missile craft bound for Egypt|url=http://www.janes.com/article/38329/ambassador-iv-missile-craft-bound-for-egypt|website=IHS jane's 360|accessdate=2 September 2014|date=26 May 2014}}
15. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php/news/defence-news/year-2015-news/june-2015-navy-naval-forces-defense-industry-technology-maritime-security-global-news/2840-usa-delivered-the-last-two-ambassador-mk-iii-fast-missile-craft-ezzat-class-to-egyptian-navy.html |title=USA Delivered the Last Two Ambassador MK III Fast Missile Craft (Ezzat Class) to Egyptian Navy |date=25 June 2015}}
16. ^{{cite news |url= http://egypt.usembassy.gov/pr062215.html |website= egypt.usembassy.gov |title= United States Provides Fast Missile Craft to Egyptian Navy |date= 22 June 2015 |language= en |access-date= 2015-06-22 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20150622210424/http://egypt.usembassy.gov/pr062215.html |archive-date= 2015-06-22 |dead-url= yes |df= }}
17. ^{{Cite web|url=http://english.ahram.org.eg/NewsContent/1/64/126145/Egypt/Politics-/Four-Egyptian-warships-en-route-to-Gulf-of-Aden.aspx|title=Four Egyptian warships en route to Gulf of Aden - Politics - Egypt - Ahram Online|website=english.ahram.org.eg|access-date=2016-04-12}}
18. ^1 2 3 {{cite web|title=Ezzat Class (Ambassador MK III)|url=http://militaryedge.org/armaments/ezzat-class-ambassador-mk-iii/|website=Qualitative Military Edge|publisher=Foundation for Defense of Democracies|accessdate=26 September 2015}}
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External links

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