Sa'ar 3 Cherbourg class Missile Boat Isreali Navy Heil HaYam

Israeli Navy - Sea Corps of Israel
Sa'ar 3 class Missile Boat

sa'ar 3 class missile boat cherbourg israeli navy heil hayam harpoon gabriel ssm 02x

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Ships:

Name	Commissioned	STATUS
331 INS Sa'ar	1970	stricken 1990
332 INS Sufa	1970	stricken 1992
333 INS Ga'ash	1970	stricken 1990
341 INS Herev	1970	stricken 1990
342 INS Hanit	1970	decommissioned / sold to Chile in 1988 > LM-32 Iquique
343 INS Hetz	1970	decommissioned / sold to Chile in 1988 > LM-33 Covadonga

Specifications:

Builder: Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie (CMN), Cherbourg, France

Displacement: 250 tons (full load)
Length: 45 meters (148 feet)
Beam: 7.62 m (25 ft)
Draft: 1.8 m (5.9 ft)
Speed: 40 knots (74 km/h), max.
Range: 2500 NMI (4600 km) at 15 knots / 1000 NMI (1850 km) at 30 knots
Complement: 40

Propulsion:
4 x MTU 16V 538 diesel engines (3200 hp / 2375 kW, each)
4 shafts / 4 propellers

Armament:
in different arrangements

1 x Mk.141 missile launcher
for up to 4 x RGM-84 Harpoon SSM

3-6 x IAI Gabriel SSM missiles

1 x OtoMelara/Breda 76/62 Compact gun

Aviation:
none

Systems:
Thomson-CSF Neptune THD 1040 air & surface surveillance radar
Selenia Orion RTN-10X fire-control radar

The Sa'ar 3 (Cherbourg) class was a series of missile boats built in Cherbourg, France at the Amiot Shipyard based on an Israeli Navy modification of the German Navy's Jaguar-class fast attack craft.

Sa'ar 3 class are upgraded former Sa'ar (or Sa'ar 1) class boats.

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