The INS Sufa (Hebrew: סופה, Storm) is a Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat of the Israeli Navy's Shayetet 3 Flotilla, built by Israel Shipyards Ltd. and commissioned in May 2003.[1]
.jpg) INS Sufa during operation Protective Edge
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| History | |
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| Name | Sufa |
| Namesake | Storm |
| Builder | Israel Shipyards Ltd. |
| Launched | August 2002 |
| Commissioned | May 2003 |
| Status | Active |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat |
| Displacement | |
| Length | 61.7 m (202.43 ft) |
| Beam | 7.62 m (25.00 ft) |
| Draft | 2.8 m (9.19 ft) |
| Propulsion | 4 MTU 16V 396 TB91 diesel engines, four shafts, total of 16,000 shp (12,000 kW) |
| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h) |
| Range | 4,800 nautical miles (8,900 km) at 19 knots (35 km/h) 2,200 nautical miles (4,100 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h) |
| Boats & landing craft carried | 1 Rigid hull inflatable boat |
| Complement | 53 officers and crewmen |
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| Electronic warfare & decoys |
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The ship is not the first to use this name, which was also used by a previous Sa'ar 3-class missile boat which was the command ship at "Operation Noa" in which the remaining 5 boats (including itself) escaped from Cherbourg (France) during the French embargo in 1969.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Hetz/Nirit Sa'ar 4.5 Unit List - GlobalSecurity.org http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/hetz-list.htm
External links
edit- Navy rescues 'mystery man' at sea - Jerusalem Post
- Navy to partake in Turkish exercise - Jerusalem Post
- World Navies Today: Israel
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