INS Nitzachon is a Sa'ar 6-class corvette of the Israeli Navy. She is the fourth ship of her class.
,_August_2021._I.jpg) INS Nitzachon in August 2021
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| Namesake | Nitzachon |
| Ordered | May 2015 |
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| Laid down | 2018 |
| Launched | 2019 |
| Acquired | 30 August 2021 |
| Recommissioned | Expected, November 2021 |
| Status | Active[1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sa'ar 6-class corvette |
| Displacement | 1,900 long tons (1,900 t) at full load[3] |
| Length | 90 m (295 ft 3 in) |
| Range | 4,000 km (2,200 nmi; 2,500 mi)[2] |
| Sensors and processing systems | EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar |
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Development and design edit
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[4] 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, 40 cells for the C-Dome point defense system, 16 anti-ship missiles Gabriel V,[5][6] 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.[7]
Construction and career edit
She was launched at German Naval Yards and ThyssenKrupp in Kiel. She will be expected to be commissioned over to Israeli Navy in November 2021.[8] The ship was delivered to the Israeli Navy in August 2021 and is to be fitted with Israeli weapons and radar in Israel.[9] Her maiden voyage from Kiel to Haifa took 12 days and being the last ship of its class to arrive, she was joined aboard by the Navy’s top officers for the final leg arriving into Haifa on the morning of the 30th of August 2021 in parade formation joined by most of the Israeli Navy’s fleet.
Gallery edit
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INS Atzmaut and INS Nitzachon in August 2021
References edit
- ^ "Navy declares 4th advanced Sa'ar 6-class warship operational, sends one to Red Sea | The Times of Israel".
- ^ [1] 26 May 2019 Archived 15 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Israeli Navy INS Magen corvette officially named". shephardmedia.com. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Opall-Rome, Barbara (4 August 2016). "Israeli Navy Marks Milestones at German Shipyards". defensenews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Dombe, Ami Rojkes (29 September 2020). "Sea-to-sea missile test conducted". israeldefense.co.il. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Adamcyzk, Ed (25 September 2020). "Israel tests new sea-to-sea missile". UPI. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Design of Future TKMS Built Saar 6 MEKO A100 Corvettes for Israeli Navy Unveiled", navyrecognition.com, 23 August 2015, retrieved 27 January 2021
- ^ Newdick, Thomas. "Israel Has Taken Delivery Of Its Most Capable Warship Ever". The Drive. Retrieved 24 March 2021.
- ^ ""INS Atzmaut" and "INS Nitzachon" handed over to Israeli Navy – SeaWaves Magazine". Archived from the original on 19 May 2022. Retrieved 15 September 2021.