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Republic of China Navy Dvora-class patrol boat
Class overview
NameDvora class
Builders
Operators
Preceded byDabur class
Succeeded bySuper Dvora Mk II class
SubclassesHau Ou class
In commission1988
General characteristics
TypeFast patrol boat
Displacement45.0 tons full load
Length21.80 metres (71.5 ft)
Beam5.50 metres (18.0 ft)
Draught1.1 metres (3.6 ft)
Propulsion2 × diesel engines with 4,570 hp (3,410 kW) and two Arneson ASD-16 articulating surface drives.
Speed37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph) (max)
Range560 nmi (1,040 km; 640 mi)
Armament

The Dvora-class fast patrol boat is a fast class of patrol boats built by Israel Aerospace Industries for the Israeli Sea Corps based on the Israeli Dabur class.

Operational history

Sri Lanka

The Dvora class has become the work horse of the Sri Lanka Navy which has deployed it since the mid-1980s to counter LTTE operations at sea. Since then Dvoras have been made in Sri Lanka and has been the basis for the more advanced Colombo class fast patrol boat built by the Colombo Dockyard Limited and used by South Asian navies to counter terrorism. According to former Mossad officer Victor Ostrovsky, Amy Yaar, another Mossad operative, helped supply the Sri Lankan government with Dvoras to patrol its coasts from attack by the LTTE. Simultaneously, Yaar and her associates were supplying the Tamils with anti-PT boat equipment to use in fighting the government forces. Ostrovsky also alleged that Mossad helped the Sri Lankan government pay for the boats by cheating the World Bank and other investors out of millions of dollars.[1]

Taiwan

The Republic of China Navy uses Dvoras as Fast Attack Missile Craft, purchasing two and using them as a pattern for the almost-identical, locally-built Hai Ou-class missile boats (Hai Ou class has three propeller shafts whereas Dvora class has two), 50 built. Both classes, being an anti-ship asset, are armed with additional two Hsiung Feng I anti-ship missiles and have been in ROCN service for over 20 years.

Operators

 Israel
 Sri Lanka
 Republic of China
 Gambia
 Paraguay

References

  1. ^ Wirspa, Leslie (1991). "Colombia: Where the guns outrun the mafia". Index on Censorship. 20 (10: Secrecy And Arms: Uncovering The Weapons Trade): 51–52.
  2. ^ Fish, Tim (March 2009). "Sri Lanka learns to counter Sea Tigers' swarm tactics" (PDF). Jane's Navy International. pp. 20–25. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

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Preceded byDabur Dvora series Succeeded bySuper Dvora Mk II


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