Sa'ar 72-class Corvette
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Sa'ar 72 (Hebrew: סער 72) is a new class of Israeli Navy corvettes designed and being built by Israel Shipyards Ltd. as an improved and stretched version of the Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boats..
Specifications[edit | edit source]
- Type: Corvette
- Service Period: 2016-
- Characteristics:
- Length: 236.22 feet (72 meters)
- Beam: 33.63 feet (10.25 meters)
- Draft: 9.84 feet (3 meters)
- Displacement: 800 tonnes
- Crew: 50
- Propulsion: 2 x MTU 16V1163M94 V16 diesel engines, 15,878 bph (11,840 kW)
- Range: 3,000 nautical miles (5,556 kilometers) at 18 knots (33.34 km/h)
- Speed: 30 knots (55.56 km/h)
- Sensor Suite:
- IAI Elta EL/M-2258 Advanced Lightweight Phased Array (ALPHA) multi-mission naval radar
- Countermeasures:
- Armament:
- 1 x Otobreda 76mm/62-caliber naval gun
- 16 x Barak-8 SAMs
- 8 x Gabriel AShMs
- 2 x 12.75" Mk.32 SVTT (fires Mk.46/54 lightweight torpedoes)
- Aircraft Carried: 1 x AW139 class helicopter
- Aviation Facilities: 15.3 meter helipad and enclosed hangar'