Template:Class box Sa'ar 5-class missile boat

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Saar class Eilat and Lahav
Saar class Eilat and Lahav

[edit] Sa'ar 5 (Eilat) class corvette

  • Builders: Flag of the United States United States (Ingalls Shipbuilding)
  • Type: Guided missile corvette
  • Displacement: 1227 tons
  • Armament: 8 Harpoon SSM; ; 8 Gabriel SSM; 2 Barak SAM launchers; 20 mm Phalanx CIWS; 2x Mk32 torpedo launchers (6 tubes)
  • Powerplant: 1 General Electric LM-2500 gas turbine; 2 MTU type 12V1163 TB82 diesels; total SHP 30,000
  • Speed: 32 knots (59 km/h)
  • Range: 3,500 nautical miles (6,480 km)
  • Ships in class: 5
  • Operator: Naval flag of Israel Israeli Sea Corps
  • Commissioned: February 1993
  • Fate: In active service