Name El Amir Farouq Commissioned 1936 Launched 1926 | Namesake Farouk of Egypt Fate Sunk 22 October 1948 Length 75 m | |
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Builder Hawthorn Leslie, Tyne, UK Displacement 1,441 t (1,418 long tons) | ||
El Amir Farouq, also written as Emir Farouk or King Farouk, was a sloop of the Egyptian Navy launched in 1926 as a passenger cargo ship before conversion to military service in 1936. She was similar in construction and appearance to the Flower-class sloop but differed in engines and armament. She served as the flagship of the Egyptian Navy. On 22 October 1948, the ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Gaza by a motor explosive boat of the Israeli Navy during the Israeli naval campaign in Operation Yoav as part of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.
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