Ambassador MK III Missile Boat

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The Ambassador MK III Missile Boat is originally an American designed boat for a patrolling. It was chosen by the Egyptian Navy first as a patrol boat for their Coast Guard Fleet, which already have several units and lately as a platform for a large modern missile boat within small radar signature. The new boats would contain an update in design meant to make the vessels more resistant to radar detection. Its design was conducted with the assistance of Lockheed Martin. [1]

[edit] Characteristics

Construction began in 2001 for the missile boat units. One delivered in 2005, one delivered in 2006, one performing sea trials and being fitted with the electronic suites and will be delivered in 2007 and the last one in final phase of construction and to be delivered in 2008)[2]

  • Unit Cost: US $101.5M each
  • Builder: Halter Marine. [3]
  • Displacement: 550 tons
  • Complement: 36 (eight officers, ten chief petty officers, and 18 ratings).
  • Dimensions: length: 60.6m (199ft), Beam: 10m (32.8ft), Draft: 2m (2.5ft)
  • Machinery: Diesels: Three MTU diesels (30,000hp) (sold and serviced by Detroit Diesel Corporation in the US); three shafts; three propellers.
  • Speed (Knots): 41
  • Range: 2000nm at 15 kts, with an at-sea endurance of eight days.
  • Equipement:
    • CMS/Fire Control
    • Lightweight Shipboard Electro-Optical System
    • IFF
    • Data links (Link ASN 150, LinkYE, Link 14, and Link 11)
  • Radar:
    • Navigation: Thales Nederland (formerly Signaal) Scout (I/J band)
    • Air/surface surveillance: European Aerospace and Defence Systems (EADS) TRS-3D radar built by Raytheon Systems
    • Fire control: (I and K dual-band).
  • Countermeasures:
    • Decoys: Four chaff/IR launchers (two to port and two to starboard).
    • Electronic Support Measures/Electronic Countermeasures (ESM/ECM)
  • Armament:
    • Eight Boeing Harpoon SSM Block 1G in two quad pack canister launchers.
    • One United Defense Mk 75 76mm/62 Super Rapid DP gun
    • One Raytheon RAM system consisting of the Mk49 Guided Missile Launching System (GMLS) and a Mk44 MOD 2 Block 1 guided missile round pack (supporting 21 canister mounted missiles)
    • One Raytheon Mk 15 Mod 21 Phalanx (Block 1B) 20 mm Phalanx CIWS
    • Two deck-mounted 7.62mm M60 machine guns [4]

[edit] References

http://www.janes.com/defence/naval_forces/news/jdw/jdw010111_1_n.shtml http://www.amiinter.com/samples/egypt/EG1401.html

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