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HETZ fast attack craft (missile) (1991-2002)

Hetz 2010

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
חץ [Hetz]     Israeli SY, Haifa   10.1990 12.2.1991 in service (2019)
כידון [Kidon]     Israeli SY, Haifa   1993 7.2.1994 in service (2019)
יפו [Yaffo]     Israeli SY, Haifa   1998 1.7.1998 in service (2019)
תרשיש [Tarshish]     Israeli SY, Haifa   1995 6/1995 in service (2019)
חרב [Herev]     Israeli SY, Haifa   9.5.2002 6/2002 in service (2019)
סופה [Sufa]     Israeli SY, Haifa   9.5.2002 8/2002 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

375

Displacement full, t

490

Length, m

58.2 wl 61.7 oa

Breadth, m

7.62

Draught, m

2.76

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 MTU 16V396 TE or MTU 16V538 TB93 diesels

Power, h. p.

16380

Max speed, kts

32

Fuel, t

diesel oil 116
Endurance, nm(kts) 3000(17)

Armament

Hetz, Kidon, Yaffo, Tarshish: 2 x 2 Harpoon SSM (4 RGM-84A), 6 x 1 Gabriel Mk 2 SSM (6 Gabriel Mk 2), 4 x 8 Barak SAM (VLS, 32 Barak), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90

Herev, Sufa: 2 x 2 Harpoon SSM (4 RGM-84A), 6 x 1 Gabriel Mk 2 SSM (6 Gabriel Mk 2), 4 x 8 Barak SAM (VLS, 32 Barak), 1 x 1 - 25/75 Typhoon, 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

THD-1040 Neptune, 2x EL/M-2221 radar, MSIS e/o system, NS-9003, NS-9005 ECM suites, Deseaver 1x 72-tube, 1x 24-tube, 2x 12-tube, 2x 4-tube decoy RL

Complement 50

Project history: Sa'ar 4.5 class with Barak antimissile system and Israeli radars. Can carry 8 Harpoon missiles with no Gabriels. Can carry EDO780 dipping sonar and two 324mm triple Mk 32 TTs instead of 76mm gun. Herev has dual davits for RIB combat swimmer craft and probably doesn't have Barak system.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

Herev 2006

© Ivan Gogin, 2019