Egyptian sloop El Amir Farouq

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,^[1] the ship was sunk in the Mediterranean Sea off Gaza by an explosive motorboat of the Israeli Navy during the Israeli naval campaign in Operation Yoav as part of the 1948 Arab-Israeli War.^[2][3]

History
Kingdom of Egypt
Name	El Amir Farouq
Namesake	Farouk of Egypt
Builder	Hawthorn Leslie, Tyne
Launched	11 November 1926
Commissioned	1936
Fate	Sunk 22 October 1948
General characteristics
Displacement	1,441 t (1,418 long tons)
Length	75.3 m (247 ft 1 in)
Beam	10.4 m (34 ft 1 in)
Draught	4.4 m (14 ft 5 in)
Speed	17 knots (31 km/h; 20 mph)
Complement	70
Armament	1 x 1 - 57/40 6pdr Hotchkiss Mk I, 4 x 1 - 7.7/87