Egyptian ship Gamal Abdel Nasser

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Gamal Abdel Nasser docked at Saint-Nazaire,
April 2016
History
Russia
Name: Vladivostok
Ordered: June 2011
Builder:
Laid down: 18 June 2013[1]
Launched: 20 November 2014[2]
Status: contract cancelled
Egypt
Name: Gamal Abdel Nasser[3]
Acquired: 23 September 2015[4]
Commissioned: 2016 (intended)
Status: Crew training is underway, to be delivered in June 2016 [5]
Badge: 190px
General characteristics
Class & type: Mistral-class amphibious assault ship
Displacement:
  • 16,500 tonnes (empty)
  • 21,300 tonnes (full load)
  • 32,300 tonnes (with ballasts)
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)
Range:
  • 10,800 km (5,800 nmi) at 18 knots (33 km/h; 21 mph)
  • 19,800 kilometres (10,700 nmi) at 15 knots (28 km/h; 17 mph)
Armament:
Aircraft carried:
  • Former Russian aircraft:
Aviation facilities: Helicopter deck and hangar

Gamal Abdel Nasser is an Egyptian amphibious assault ship, a type of helicopter carrier, of the French Mistral class. It was originally built for the Russian Navy and underwent sea trials.[8] Subsequently the contract was cancelled by France and agreement on compensation reached with the Russian government. Egypt and France concluded the deal to acquire the two former Russian Mistral for roughly 950 million euros. [9]

History

The Russian government placed an order for the ship in 2011. The construction of the ship would be shared between the countries with France building about 60 percent and Russia 40. Work started in France, Saint-Nazaire, on 18 June 2013 and in the Russian Baltiysky Zavod shipyard in St. Petersburg on 4 July 2013.[10] Russia would send its parts to France for final assembling.[11] The ship was expected to join the Russian Navy in 2015.[12][13][14][15] After final assembly of the main structures in France the ship was scheduled to go to St. Petersburg for the outfitting of additional Russian-specific weapons and subsystems.[16]

The Russian acquisition of French Mistral-class amphibious assault ships was considered to be the largest defense deal between Russia and the West since World War II.[17]

In 2014 as criticism of Russian intervention in Ukraine grew France came under increasing pressure to cancel or suspend the delivery of the two Mistral-class hulls, Vladivostok and Sevastopol.[18] Some commentators suggested France try to find alternative customers for the two vessels.[19] In August 2015 the two governments reached agreement on terms for cancelling the contract; France would keep the ships and fully reimburse Russia.[20]

On 7 August 2015, a French diplomatic source confirmed that President Hollande discussed the matter with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah el-Sisi during his visit to Egypt during the inauguration of the New Suez Canal in Ismailia.[21][22] Subsequently, Egypt and France concluded the deal to acquire the two former Russian Mistral for roughly 950 million euros, including the costs of training Egyptian crews.[23][24] Speaking on RMC Radio, Jean-Yves Le Drian, French Defence Minister, said that Egypt had already paid the whole price for the helicopter carriers. [25]

References

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