ENS Port Said
{{short description|Gowind-class corvette of the Egyptian Navy}}
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}} {{Infobox ship image | Ship image = | Ship caption = Gowind-class corvette }} {{Infobox ship career | Hide header = | Ship country = Egypt | Ship flag = {{shipboxflag|Egypt|naval}} | Ship name = *Port Said
| Ship namesake = Port Said | Ship awarded = | Ship builder = Alexandria Shipyard, Alexandria | Ship original cost =*€250M (2014) (excluding weapon systems)
| Ship yard number = | Ship way number = | Ship laid down = 16 April 2016 | Ship launched = 7 September 2018 | Ship sponsor = | Ship christened = | Ship completed = | Ship acquired = | Ship commissioned = 6 January 2021 | Ship recommissioned = | Ship decommissioned = | Ship maiden voyage = | Ship in service = | Ship out of service = | Ship renamed = | Ship reclassified = | Ship refit = | Ship struck = | Ship reinstated = | Ship homeport = Alexandria | Ship identification = Pennant number: 976 | Ship motto = | Ship nickname = | Ship honours = | Ship honors = | Ship captured = | Ship fate = | Ship status = Active | Ship notes = | Ship badge = }} {{Infobox ship characteristics |Hide header = |Header caption = |Ship class = Gowind-class corvette |Ship displacement= 2,600 tons |Ship length={{convert|102|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship beam={{convert|16|m|ftin|abbr=on}} |Ship draft= |Ship power= |Ship propulsion=*CODED (combined diesel-electric and diesel-mechanical)
|Ship speed={{convert|25|kn|lk=in}} |Ship range= {{convert|3700|nmi |
| 2|abbr=on}} at {{convert|15|kn}}
|Ship boats= |Ship complement=80 (65 sailors + 15 special forces) |Ship sensors=*Naval Group's SETIS® combat management system |Ship EW=* VIGILE 200 Tactical R-ESM System
|Ship armament=* 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm maingun
|Ship aircraft=*1 × 5-tons helicopter or 1 × 10-tons helicopter (supported) |Ship aircraft facilities=Hangar and helipad |Ship notes= }} |
ENS Port Said (976) is the second ship of Egyptian Gowind-class corvette of the Egyptian Navy.
Development and design
{{Main|Gowind-class design}}
In 2014, Egypt signed a €1bn contract with Naval Group to buy four Gowind 2,500-ton corvettes with an option for two more. Separately, MBDA negotiated a contract to equip the ships with MICA vertical launch air-defense missiles and MM40 Block 3 Exocet anti-ship missiles, together worth an additional 400 million euros, while Naval Group negotiated a 100–200 million euro contract for torpedoes.{{cite web|date=31 October 2014|title=DCNS Confirms Sale of 10 Gowind Corvettes, Expects More|url=http://www.defense-aerospace.com/articles-view/feature/5/158485/dcns-confirms-sale-of-10-gowind-corvettes.html|access-date=13 August 2020|website=defense-aerospace.com}} Three of the corvettes are to be built locally by Alexandria Shipyard
In April 2015, Naval Group started cutting metal for the very first Gowind 2500 corvette, with a planned construction period of 29 months. It is the first of a series of four units that will be delivered to Egypt before 2019. The corvette's first block was laid in the dry dock in September 2015.{{cite tweet|url=https://mobile.twitter.com/dcnsgroup/status/649206737787072513|title=The future Egyptian #Gowind corvette is taking shape at DCNS Lorient.|user=navalgroup|number=649206737787072513|date=30 September 2015|access-date=13 August 2020}} Naval Group celebrated the launch of the first Egyptian Gowind corvette El Fateh at the Lorient naval shipyard in September 2016. El Fateh successfully concluded its first sea trials by the end of March 2017.{{cite press release|url=http://en.dcnsgroup.com/news/the-first-gowind2500-by-dcns-succeeds-in-the-beginning-of-its-sea-trials/|publisher=Naval Group|title=The first Gowind®2500 by DCNS succeeds in the beginning of its sea trials|date=22 March 2017|access-date=13 August 2020}} The Egyptian Navy took delivery of the vessel in September 2017, three years after the order was placed.{{cite press release|url=https://www.naval-group.com/en/news/naval-group-delivers-the-first-gowind2500-corvette-ens-elfateh-to-the-egyptian-navy/|publisher=Naval Group|title=Naval Group Delivers the First Gowind®2500 Corvette, ENS Elfateh, to the Egyptian Navy|date=22 September 2017|access-date=13 August 2020}}
Construction and career
Port Said was laid down on 16 April 2016 and launched on 7 September 2018 by Alexandria Shipyard in Alexandria.