Egypt Launches First Locally Built Gowind Corvette Warship

Alexandria Shipyard (ASY) launched the first locally built Gowind corvette, the first modern warship to be deployed into service with Egyptian Navy. The Navy vessel – 976 was launched during a ceremony held in Alexandria on September 6. In 2014 the Egyptian Navy ordered four Gowind 2500 corvettes for around 1 billion euros from France’s...