KIEL, Germany, Dec. 29 (UPI) -- The first of four submarines for the Egyptian Navy has been launched in Germany by Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems.
The ship, the S41, is the first-of-class 209/1400 vessel and took to water earlier this month during a ceremony in Kiel attended by Vice Adm. Rainer Brinkmann, Deputy Chief of Staff of the German navy, the mayor of Kiel, and Egyptian officials.