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CALL SIGNS

1st Coastal Patrol Brigade  اللواء الاول مرور ساحلي

1st Brigade is part of the Northern Fleet. There are many boats and many

call signs used by the Coastal Patrol Brigades. The only ones we can positively

identify are the ones using hull numbers.

 

90-98 are 26m Swiftships

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61-66 are MRTP20 boats, 3 made in Turkey and 3 made in Alexandria. They are named after former Navy commanders but are usually referred to by hull number:

رقم اسم

61 م حمزة

62 ا بدر

63 م علي

64 ا رفعت

65 ءءءءء

66 م الصادق

مج-1 unit HQ

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 701 to 710 are Lurssen built patrol boats. The first nine are OPB41 40 metre boats and the 710 is 60 metres.

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Destroyer Brigade Command       ق ل م -  قيادة لواء مدمرة

1st Destroyer Brigade is part of the Northern Fleet and 2nd Destroyer Brigade is part of the Southern Fleet but we treat them all as one. A call sign can tell you the class of ship but not which particular ship. FREMM frigates use جواد and خامس .  Oliver Hazard Perry frigates use فارو سائر and عشري.  Gowind corvettes use دوتر. Descubierta corvettes use دون. 

واحد  is Command HQ. Supply ships can also be heard in Destroyer Brigade communications, and calls observed are مذكور and هامش.

Ships of Destroyer Brigade

FFG1001 Tahya Misr FREMM frigate

FFG1002 Al Galala FREMM frigate

FFG1003 Bernees FREMM frigate

F904 Al Aziz MEKO frigate

F905 Al Qahhar MEKO frigate

F909 Al Qadeer MEKO frigate

F901 Sharm El Sheikh Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate

F906 Toushka Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate

F911 Alexandria Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate

F916 Taba Oliver Hazard Perry class frigate

F951 El Zafer Jianghu class frigate

F961 Domyat Knox class frigate

F966 Rashid Knox class frigate

971 El Fateh Gowind class corvette

976 Port Said Gowind class corvette

981 El Moez Gowind class corvette

986 Luxor Gowind class corvette

F941 Abu Qir Descubierta class corvette

F946 El Suez Descubierta class corvette

1000 Shabab Misr Pohang class corvette

Supply Ships

230 Shalatin

231 Halayib

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2nd Missile Launch Brigade  اللواء الثاني لنشات

2nd Missile Launch Brigade is part of the Northern Fleet and headquartered at Abu Qir. The largest and most modern ships are the four Ambassador MK III Fast Missile Craft and we believe call signs

دخانة  جعلان  نذير  belong to them.  We have never heard hull numbers or ship names as call signs.

682 S. Ezzat

684 F. Zekry

686 A. Gad

688 M. Fahmy

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Submarine Brigade Command    ق ل غ - قيادة لواء غواصة

There are 8 submarines and we think they all fit in the submarine hangar in Alexandria. Sub call signs we have heard are عسكري  حساء  ديغول سطحي كشيحة and HQ call signs رشوة غنيس  ديانا.

Type 209/1400mod class                                                                                                     Type 033

S41                                                                                                                                         849                     

S42                                                                                                                                         852

S43                                                                                                                                         855

S44                                                                                                                                         858

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Mistral class LHD

We're not sure where these two ships fit into the command structure. We think one is officially assigned to Northern Fleet and one to Southern Fleet, but it is not unusual to see them both in the Mediterranean. We have heard the Nasser in communication with the two EDA-R amphibious assault craft using hull numbers as call signs.

ENS Gamal Abdel Nasser L1010

GN011 EDA-R Catamaran Landing Craft

GN012 CTM-NG Landing Craft

GN013 CTM-NG Landing Craft

ENS Anwar El Sadat L1020

AS021 EDA-R Catamaran Landing Craft

AS022 CTM-NG Landing Craft

AS023 CTM-NG Landing Craft

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How do we equate call signs to ships? We wait for them to tell us.

ط ا ب ا اسمه كده على الشيش 

T A B A what is his name on the net?

ط ا

T A?

تمام صحيح

That's right.

عشري

'ashiri

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