Sa'ar 6-class Corvette

The Sa'ar 6-class corvette is a class of four warships ordered for the Israeli Navy in May 2015. The ships' design will be loosely based on the German Braunschweig-class corvette, but with engineering changes to render the baseline platform more militarily robust.

All four vessels will be constructed in Germany in a joint project by German Naval Yards Holdings and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. The first of the class is scheduled to enter service in 2019. Construction cost estimated at NIS 1.8 billion Israeli new shekel (NIS) or roughly 430-million Euro ($480-million). Israel will pay for two thirds of the cost and the German Government will subsidize a third of the corvettes' construction costs, as with the Dolphin class submarines. One of their roles will be to protect natural gas platforms in the Mediterranean sea against possible sea-borne or rocket threats.

The Sa'ar-6 has a displacement of 2,000 tons and is 300 feet (91.44 meters) long. It is armed with an Oto Melara 76mm/62-caliber main gun, two Typhoon Weapon Stations, 32 vertical launch cells for Barak-8 surface-to-air missiles, the C-Dome point defense system, 16 anti-ship missiles, the EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar, and two 324 mm torpedo launchers. It has hangar space and a platform able to accommodate a medium class SH-60-type helicopter.

Specifications

 * Type: Corvette
 * Service Period: 202X-
 * Characteristics:
 * Length: 300 feet (91.44 meters)
 * Beam: 44 feet 4 inches (13.51 meters)
 * Draft: 14 feet (4.27 meters)
 * Displacement: 2,000 tons
 * Crew: 70
 * Propulsion:
 * Range:
 * Speed: 26 knots (48.15 km/h)
 * Sensor Suite:
 * EL/M-2248 MF-STAR Adir S-Band AESA Radar
 * Countermeasures:
 * Armament:
 * 1 x OTO-Melara 76mm/62-caliber Super Rapid naval gun
 * 2 x 16-cell VLS (fires Barak-8 SAMs)
 * 4 x 4-cannister AShM Launchers (fires RGM-84L Harpoon Blk.II+ or IAI Gabriel Mk.5 AShMs)
 * 2 x 12.75" triple torpedo tubes (fires Mk.54 MAKO lightweight torpedoes)
 * 2 x 25mm Typhoon RWS
 * 2 x 20-cell C-Dome point defence missile launchers (40 x Tamir SAMs)
 * Aircraft Carried: 1 x Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk maritime helicopter
 * Aviation Facilities: Hangar and Flight Deck

Unit Run

 * INS Akko
 * INS Nitzachon
 * INS Matzpen
 * INS Geula