Sa'ar-class corvette
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History | |
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Israel | |
Name |
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Namesake | Atzmaut |
Ordered | May 2015 |
Builder | |
Acquired | Expected, November 2021 |
Status | Fitting out |
General characteristics | |
Class and type | Sa'ar 6-class corvette |
Displacement | 1,900 long tons (1,900 t) at full load[2] |
Length | 90 m (295 ft 3 in) |
Range | 4,000 km (2,200 nmi; 2,500 mi)[1] |
Sensors and processing systems | EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar |
Armament |
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INS Atzmaut is a Sa'ar 6-class corvette of the Israeli Navy. She is the third ship of her class.
Main article: Sa'ar 6-class corvette |
The Sa'ar 6-class corvettes' design will be loosely based on the German Braunschweig-class corvette, but with engineering changes to accommodate Israeli-built sensors and missiles such as the Barak 8[3] and the naval Iron Dome system. Elbit Systems has been awarded the contract to design and build the electronic warfare (EW) suites for the ships.[citation needed]
The Sa'ar 6-class vessels have a displacement of almost 1,900 tons at full load and is 90 m (295 ft 3 in) long. They are armed with an Oto Melara 76 mm main gun, two Typhoon Weapon Stations, 32 vertical launch cells for Barak-8 surface-to-air missiles, 20 cells for the C-Dome point defense system, 16 anti-ship missiles (likely Gabriel 5),[4][5] the EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar, and two 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo launchers. They have hangar space and a platform able to accommodate a medium class SH-60-type helicopter.[6]
She was launched at German Naval Yards and ThyssenKrupp in Kiel. She will be expected to be handed over to Israeli Navy in November 2021.[7]