Anjali Sharma
GG News Bureau
WASHINGTON DC, 2nd Dec. The Egyptian military on Monday said in a statement issued that the Egyptian naval forces received a new German-made MEKO-A200 frigate at a base in the coastal province of Alexandria.
MEKO-A200 frigate is built by Germany’s ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems, the frigate delivery procedures were completed in Bremerhaven in mid-December before the warship headed to Egypt,according to news reports.
The statement said that named “Al-Qadeer,” the new frigate is the third MEKO-A200 warship to be delivered to Egypt out of four frigates contracted between Egypt and TKMS in 2018. The Egyptian Navy received the first frigate, “Al-Aziz,” in October 2022 and the second, “Al-Qahhar,” in May 2023.
The Egyptian military spokesman, Gharib Abdel-Hafez, said in a statement that the “Al-Qadeer” frigate will increase the technological and combat capabilities of the Egyptian naval forces to confront challenges and risks and safeguard the country’s coasts along the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.
The first three units were built in Germany, the fourth frigate, dubbed “Al-Jabbar,” is currently under construction by Egyptian shipbuilding company Alexandria Shipyard and is expected to be delivered in October 2025, said TKMS in a press statement earlier issued in December.
