Egypt: Battleships, Destroyers & Frigates
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And here is the list of shipgirls from Egypt above corvette rank, all of which have British origins.
You know the drill!
KANTAI COLLECTION/AZUR LANE/WARSHIP GIRLS
LIST OF EGYPTIAN BATTLESHIPS, DESTROYERS & FRIGATES
No./Ship Name — Human Name (Fate)
ALBEMARLE-CLASS BATTLECRUISER/FAST BATTLESHIP (G3 Design)
CARLISLE-CLASS LIGHT CRUISER
ZEPHYR-CLASS DESTROYER
QUANTOCK-CLASS ESCORT DESTROYER/FRIGATE
CHANTICLEER-CLASS SLOOP/FRIGATE
ROTHER-CLASS FRIGATE
GLADIOLUS-CLASS CORVETTE
Ship prefix
AChY — Oniyat Heyl HaYam ("Sea Corps Ship")
HMS — Her Majesty's Ship
KB — Kraljevski Brod ("Royal Ship") (Yugoslav Navy prefix from 1921-45)
PC — Patrolni Chamats ("Patrol Boat") (Yugoslav Navy type prefix post-1945)
SBM — Safinat al-Bahriat al-Misria ("Egyptian Naval Ship")
ZMZ — Zhōnghuá Mínguó Zhànjiàn ("Warship of the Republic of China")
Pennant superior letters and Hull classificatrion codes
F — Fariqata ("Frigate")
HJ — Hùwèijiàn ("Frigate") (Chinese Navy hull classification code)
K — Catch-all pennant superior for Israeli gun warships
K — Korveta ("Corvette") (Yugoslav Navy pennant superior)
M — Mudamira ("Devastator")
T — Turad ("Cruiser")
Note that capital ships are not given pennant superior letters. In World War Two, British pennant superior letters did not follow a set pattern to differentiate ship types.
You know the drill!
KANTAI COLLECTION/AZUR LANE/WARSHIP GIRLS
LIST OF EGYPTIAN BATTLESHIPS, DESTROYERS & FRIGATES
No./Ship Name — Human Name (Fate)
ALBEMARLE-CLASS BATTLECRUISER/FAST BATTLESHIP (G3 Design)
01 SBM Maṣr - Şivekâr Nazli bint-Fu'ād al-Awwal (Designed as G3 type fast battleship by the United Kingdom, never constructed or named, adopted by Egypt and renamed, also given British name HMS Russell) *
CARLISLE-CLASS LIGHT CRUISER
T1 SBM al-Qāhiraḥ - Klīabatra Khiāni bint-Tamīm al-Qāhiraḥ (Built in the United Kingdom as HMS Cairo with pennant D87, was sunk by torpedo strike in 1942 by RM Axum north of Bizerta, Tunisia, adopted by Egypt and renamed) *
ZEPHYR-CLASS DESTROYER
M1 SBM al-Qahir - Qadesh bint-Abū al-Manṣūr (Built in the United Kingdom as HMS Myngs with pennant R06, transferred to Egypt in 1955 and renamed, was sunk by Israeli air strike in 1970 during the War of Attrition near Vereníki, Red Sea Governorate)
M2 SBM al-Fātiḥ - 'Ā'ishah bint-'Amr al-Qurashī (Built in the United Kingdom as HMS Zenith with pennant R95, transferred to Egypt in 1955 and renamed, decommissioned in 2017, now serving as stationary training ship)
M2 SBM al-Fātiḥ - 'Ā'ishah bint-'Amr al-Qurashī (Built in the United Kingdom as HMS Zenith with pennant R95, transferred to Egypt in 1955 and renamed, decommissioned in 2017, now serving as stationary training ship)
QUANTOCK-CLASS ESCORT DESTROYER/FRIGATE
F1 SBM Muḥammad 'Alī el-Kebir - Ghufrān bint-Muḥammad el-Kebir el-Awal (Built in the United Kingdom as HMS Mendip with pennant L60, transferred to China in 1948, renamed ZMZ Língfǔ with hull number HJ-01, returned to the United Kingdom, then transferred to Egypt in 1949 and renamed, was renamed SBM Ibrāhīm el-Awal [second of name], was captured by Israeli forces in 1956 west of Haifa, renamed AChY Haifa with pennant K38, was sunk as target in 1968, one main gun mount preserved at Haifa, Israel)
F7 SBM Ibrāhīm el-Awal - Jumāna bint-Ibrāhīm el-Awal as-Sa'īd (Built in the United Kingdom as HMS Cottesmore with pennant L78, transferred to Egypt in 1950 and renamed, was renamed SBM Muḥammad 'Alī el-Kebir [second of name] in 1951, renamed again as SBM Būr Sa'īd in 1956, decommissioned, fate unknown)
F7 SBM Ibrāhīm el-Awal - Jumāna bint-Ibrāhīm el-Awal as-Sa'īd (Built in the United Kingdom as HMS Cottesmore with pennant L78, transferred to Egypt in 1950 and renamed, was renamed SBM Muḥammad 'Alī el-Kebir [second of name] in 1951, renamed again as SBM Būr Sa'īd in 1956, decommissioned, fate unknown)
CHANTICLEER-CLASS SLOOP/FRIGATE
F5 SBM el-Malik Fārūq - Walidah bint-Fārūq at-Ṭāriq (Built in the United Kingdom as HMS Whimbrel with pennant U29, transferred to Egypt in 1949 and renamed, renamed SBM Ṭāriq in 1954, decommissioned, now serving as stationary training ship)
ROTHER-CLASS FRIGATE
F2 SBM Dumyāṭ - Raqiyah bint-'Amr as-Suways (Built in the United Kingdom as HMS Nith with pennant K215, transferred to Egypt in 1948 and renamed, was sunk by surface action in 1956 during the Suez Crisis by HMS Newfoundland south of Suez, Suez Governorate)
F3 SBM Rashīd - Haiqa bint-Abū al-Faḍl ar-Rashīd (Built in the United Kingdom as HMS Spey with pennant K246, transferred to Egypt in 1948 and renamed, was scrapped in 1994)
F4 SBM Abūqīr - Rima bint-Muḥammad ab-Abūqīr (Built in the United Kingdom as HMS Usk [second of name] with pennant K295, transferred to Egypt in 1948 and renamed, was sunk as blockship in the Suez Crisis in 1956 within the Suez Canal, scrapped on site the next year)
F3 SBM Rashīd - Haiqa bint-Abū al-Faḍl ar-Rashīd (Built in the United Kingdom as HMS Spey with pennant K246, transferred to Egypt in 1948 and renamed, was scrapped in 1994)
F4 SBM Abūqīr - Rima bint-Muḥammad ab-Abūqīr (Built in the United Kingdom as HMS Usk [second of name] with pennant K295, transferred to Egypt in 1948 and renamed, was sunk as blockship in the Suez Crisis in 1956 within the Suez Canal, scrapped on site the next year)
GLADIOLUS-CLASS CORVETTE
F6 SBM el-Sūdān - Bintarish bint-'Anwar as-Sādāt (Built in the United Kingdom as HMS Mallow with pennant K81, transferred to Yugoslavia in 1944 and renamed KB Nada without change of pennant number. renamed PC Partizanka with pennant K1 in 1945, returned to the United Kingdom in 1949, transferred to Egypt that year and renamed, decommissioned in 1975, fate unknown, renamed SBM al-Nuwba as courtesy) *
Ship prefix
AChY — Oniyat Heyl HaYam ("Sea Corps Ship")
HMS — Her Majesty's Ship
KB — Kraljevski Brod ("Royal Ship") (Yugoslav Navy prefix from 1921-45)
PC — Patrolni Chamats ("Patrol Boat") (Yugoslav Navy type prefix post-1945)
SBM — Safinat al-Bahriat al-Misria ("Egyptian Naval Ship")
ZMZ — Zhōnghuá Mínguó Zhànjiàn ("Warship of the Republic of China")
Pennant superior letters and Hull classificatrion codes
F — Fariqata ("Frigate")
HJ — Hùwèijiàn ("Frigate") (Chinese Navy hull classification code)
K — Catch-all pennant superior for Israeli gun warships
K — Korveta ("Corvette") (Yugoslav Navy pennant superior)
M — Mudamira ("Devastator")
T — Turad ("Cruiser")
Note that capital ships are not given pennant superior letters. In World War Two, British pennant superior letters did not follow a set pattern to differentiate ship types.