Mistral Class
Owned By
| Operator: | Egypt |
| Status: | In Service |
| Number: | 2 |
| Ships: | 1010 Gamal Abdel Nasser (formerly Sevastopol) |
| 1020 Anwar El Sada (formerly Vladivostok) | |
| Cost: | €950 million ($1.1 billion) |
| Acquired: | Purchased October 2015; First received June 2016; To enter service in September 2016 |
| General Specs | |
| Country of origin: | France (some Russian-made weapon systems may remain on the ships going to Egypt) |
| Class: | Amphibious assault ship (Landing helicopter dock – LHD) |
| Manufacturer: | DCNS/STX France |
| Introduced: | October 2004 |
| Displacement: | 21,300 tons |
| Length: | 653 ft (199 m) |
| Beam: | 105 ft (32 m) |
| Draft: | 20 ft (6.2 m) |
| Hull Material: | |
| Propullsion: | 2 x Alstom 7MW electric azimuth pods |
| Speed: | 21.6 mph (18.8 kts) |
| Range: | 12,659 miles at 17.3 mph (11,000 nm at 15 kts) |
| Fuel Capacity: | |
| Crew: | 160 |
| Transport Capacity | |
| Aircraft: | 16 x heavy or 35 x light helicopters (including Ka-52, Ka-27, NH-90, SA-330, AS-532, SA-342, or AS-665) |
| Boats/Landing Craft: | 2 x LCAC hovercraft or 4 x landing craft |
| Vehicles: | >60 |
| Troops: | 450 for long deployments / >700 short deployments |
| Armament | |
| Guns: | 2 x AK-630 30mm radar-aimed gatling guns |
| 4 x DP-65 grenade launchers | |
| Anti-air: | 2 x Gibkha 3M-47 (SA-N-10) w/ 4 x 9K338 Igla-S (SA-24 Grinch) |
| Anti-ship: | None |
| Other: | None |
| Radar/Sensors: | Thales MMR-3D NG G-band multirole radar |
| Russian combat management system | |
| Defense/Countermeasures: | Russian electronic support measures (ESM) |
| Other: | 69 x bed hospital |
| Russian/French communication equipment | |
| Notes: | Originally built for Russia, the deal was cancelled by France after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2014. |
Sources:
- “Mistral Family,” DCNS, September 2014.
- “Mistral Class – Amphibious Assault, France,” Naval-Technology, 2015.
- “Egypt to Buy Mistrals; French Removing Russian Equipment with Russia’s Assistance,” Defense Industry Daily, September 24, 2015.
- “France Says Egypt to Buy Mistral Warships,” Agence France-Presse, September 23, 2015.
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