Sa'ar 62-class offshore patrol vessel

	General Cabañas, Fuerza Naval de Honduras vessel
Class overview
Name	Sa'ar 62 class
Builders	Israel Shipyards
Operators	Azerbaijan Coast Guard; Cyprus Navy; Armed Forces of Honduras;
Built	2010s
Active	8
General characteristics
Type	Offshore patrol vessel
Displacement	500 t (490 long tons)
Length	62 m (203 ft 5 in)
Beam	7.6 m (24 ft 11 in)
Draft	2.7 m (8 ft 10 in)
Speed	32 knots (59 km/h; 37 mph) max
Range	5,000 nmi (9,300 km; 5,800 mi) at 13 knots (24 km/h; 15 mph)
Complement	35
Sensors and ; processing systems	Furuno navigation radar; Rafael TopeLite electro-optical surveillance and observation and targeting system; IAI Elta surveillance and gunnery radar (SGRS) - ELM 2228X;
Electronic warfare ; & decoys	Rafael MRCR chaff/soft-kill countermeasures
Armament	Rafael Typhoon RW ZU 23 mm naval gun; Rafael Typhoon MLS NLOS missile system; Remotely controlled 12.7 mm machine guns; Crew served 7.62 mm machine guns;
Aircraft carried	Airbus EC135 helicopter
Aviation facilities	Flight deck

The Sa'ar 62-class offshore patrol vessel, are a type of vessel used by the Cyprus Navy and the Azerbaijan Coast Guard and the Coast Guard of Kazakhstan The patrol vessels are based on the Sa'ar 4.5-class vessels.

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The patrol craft have a basic design, but are equipped with modern sensors, systems and weapons. The vessels armament gives them the capability to engage surface, air, and land threats and targets, and the countermeasure system can give them protection from anti-ship missiles and torpedoes. The vessels can deploy small boats for boarding operations, and search and rescue. The vessels have a flight deck for an Airbus EC135 helicopter that can be used to assist the vessel in its missions.