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Sa'ar 72-class corvette

Class overview
Name: Sa'ar 72
Builders: Israel Shipyards Ltd.
Preceded by: Sa'ar 5-class corvette
Completed: 0
General characteristics
Class and type: Corvette
Displacement: 800 tonnes
Length: 72 m (236.22 ft)
Beam: 10.25 m (33.63 ft)
Draft: less than 3 m (9.84 ft)
Propulsion: two MTU 16V1163M94 V16 diesel engines; 5920KW (7939bhp) each
Speed:
  • cruise: 18kn
  • sustained: 28kn
  • maximum: above 30kn
Range: 5,500 kilometres (3,000 nmi)
Endurance: 21 days
Complement:
  • 50 officers and crewmen
  • 20 passengers or commandos
Sensors and
processing systems:
IAI Elta EL/M-2258 Advanced Lightweight Phased Array (ALPHA) multi-mission naval radar
Armament:
Aircraft carried: up to AW139 class
Aviation facilities: 15.3 meter helipad and helicopter hangar

Sa'ar 72 (Hebrew: סער 72‎‎) is a new class of Israeli Navy corvettes designed by Israel Shipyards Ltd. as an improved and stretched Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat. The first Sa'ar 72 was expected to become operational in 2015. Subsequent vessels were planned to enter service at the rate of one every eight months.

The design was first unveiled at the International Maritime Defence Exhibition (IMDEX) Asia in Singapore in May 2013.


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