Egyptian navy

Commander of Egyptian navy meets with S. African counterpart

Tue, 16 Jan 2024 - 09:08 GMT

Commander of the Egyptian Navy Ashraf Atwa met with Commander of South African Navy Monde Lobese during an official visit to the naval forces in Alexandria.

Egypt delivers hundreds of tons of relief aid to Sudan by sea

Mon, 18 Sep 2023 - 07:04 GMT

An Egyptian navy supply ship arrived at Port Sudan carrying hundreds of tons of relief aid to the people in the war-torn Sudan as per the directives of President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, state’s news agency MENA reported on Monday.

Egyptian Navy assumes command of Combined Maritime Force 153 in Red Sea

Tue, 13 Dec 2022 - 11:51 GMT

The CMF includes the forces of the United States, neighboring states, and allied countries.

Photos: Egypt’s Naval Forces raise flag on MEKO A-200 frigate Al-Aziz coming from Germany

Tue, 18 Oct 2022 - 07:27 GMT

Commander of the Naval Forces Ashraf Atwa raised the flag on the frigate, which is one of four MEKO A-200 frigates contracted between Egypt and Germany, Spokesman of the Egyptian Armed Forces said in a statement on Tuesday.

UK sells Royal Navy ships to Egypt for first time in 30 years

Fri, 29 Oct 2021 - 08:17 GMT

The United Kingdom announced, Friday selling military vessels to Egypt for the first time in more than 30 years.

Memory of the day: Israeli destroyer Eilat is sunk by the Egyptian Navy in 1967

Thu, 21 Oct 2021 - 11:30 GMT

In the following lines, ET sheds light on the most important world events that took place on October 21.

Photos: Egyptian, Indian naval forces conduct drills in Mediterranean

Sat, 11 Sep 2021 - 07:30 GMT

Egyptian and Indian naval forces have carried out joint drills involving India's ship "INS TABAR" and Egypt's frigate "Alexandria", a front-line frigate of the Egyptian Navy, in the Mediterranean Sea.

Egyptian Navy rescues passengers of Swiss sailing yacht in Red Sea

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 - 08:57 GMT

The yacht had 10 passengers on board.

U.S. Naval Forces Central Command chief visits Egypt

Tue, 13 Apr 2021 - 03:24 GMT

Commander of the Egyptian Navy Ahmed Khaled received Tuesday Commander of the U.S. Naval Forces Central Command Samuel Paparo and accompanying delegation.

Egypt's 1st locally-built Gowind 2500 stealth corvette delivered

Mon, 11 Jan 2021 - 12:01 GMT

"Port Said" was launched in September 2018 to be the second Gowind corvette owned by Egypt.

Today in History: Egyptian Navy destroys Israeli 'destroyer' Eilat

Wed, 21 Oct 2020 - 04:42 GMT

Just a few months after the June 1967 defeat, the Egyptian Navy rose up and dealt a painful blow to the army of the Israeli occupation, which was still under the delusion of being the strongest.

Egyptian naval units participate in Red Wave 1 naval drills

Tue, 01 Jan 2019 - 12:21 GMT

Egyptian naval units are participating in the Red Wave 1 naval drills, which kicked off Sunday for the countries overlooking the Red Sea.

Egyptian Navy celebrates 51st anniversary of ‘sinking Eilat’

Mon, 22 Oct 2018 - 01:31 GMT

Oct. 21 was chosen to mark the Egyptian Navy Day.

Egypt, France conduct joint naval drill in Red Sea

Fri, 06 Jul 2018 - 12:55 GMT

Egyptian and French Armed Forces continued their joint naval drill at the Red Sea naval base on Friday, which lasted for several days

Egypt, Greece, Cyprus defense ministers attend joint military drill

Thu, 28 Jun 2018 - 09:40 GMT

Egypt, Greece and Cyprus held joint naval and air drill in the Mediterranean Sea

Commander of Egyptian Naval Forces attends Medusa 5 in Greece

Sat, 04 Nov 2017 - 06:17 GMT

Egyptian naval and air force units carried out the main phase of joint drills in Greece "Medusa 5"

‘Al-Fateh’ corvette to secure straits, Suez Canal: Wahab-Allah

Sat, 23 Sep 2017 - 07:32 GMT

Secretary General of the Egyptian Labor Union Mohamed Wahab-Allah said Friday that Al-Fateh corvette the Egyptian navy received from France.

Egypt acquires 2nd German ‘Type 209’ attack submarine

Mon, 07 Aug 2017 - 09:30 GMT

The Egyptian Armed Forces will acquire the second German-made “Type 209” submarine on Tuesday.

German military submarine joins Egyptian Navy

Wed, 19 Apr 2017 - 12:04 GMT

Egypt's first Type 209/1400 Submarine arrived from Germany Wednesday to join the Egyptian Navy.

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