Arab sources said today that a concrete result of the visit to India of President Nasser of the United Arab Republic would be the provision by India of ammunition for two destroyers which the Egyptians have not been able to arm since 1956.
The two warships of 1,730 tons each, the destroyers Al Fateh and Al Oaher, were acquired by Egypt from the British Navy just before the Suez Canal crisis in 1956. The Egyptians hastily sailed them out of British ports without ammunition and have not been able to obtain shells for the two destroyers’ guns since.
Indian warships use the same caliber shell in vessels acquired by the Indian Navy from the British and India will therefore be able to meet the Arab need.
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