Name: | MYNGS |
Type: | Destroyer |
Keel: | 27/05/1942 |
Launched: | 31/05/1943 |
Completed: | 23/06/1944 |
Builder: | Vickers-Armstrongs Ltd |
Yard: | High Walker |
Yard Number: | 53 |
Dimensions: | 1830disp - 2530disp, 339.5 x 35.8 x 10.0(draft)ft |
Engines: | 2 x Steam turbines, SR Geared, 40000shp |
Engines by: | Parsons Marine Steam Turbine Co Ltd, Wallsend |
Propulsion: | 2 x Screws, 36.0knots |
Construction: | Steel |
Armament: | 4 x 1 x 4.5ins DP, 1 x 2 x 40mm AA, 3 x 2 x 20mm AA guns; |
2 x 4 x 21.0ins torpedoes, 70 x depth charges | |
History: | |
23/06/1944 | British Royal Navy |
05/1955 | Government of Egypt |
08/1956 | Renamed EL QAHER |
17/05/1970 | Sank |
Comments: | Member of the Z Class of destroyers. Fitted as a flotilla leader |
17/05/1970: Sunk by Israel aircraft off Ras Banas, Red Sea |
Above photo as MYNGS is copyright of the Imperial War Museum
Above photo as MYNGS is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as MYNGS is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as MYNGS is courtesy of Photoship
Above photo as EL QAHER is courtesy of Photoship