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ISRAELI NAVY (ISRAEL)

COASTAL FORCES

MIVTAKH fast attack craft (gun) (1968)

Mivtakh 1980

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
מבטח [Mivtakh] 311   CMN, Cherbourg, France   11.4.1967 1968 stricken 1.1996
מזנק [Miznak] 312   CMN, Cherbourg, France   1967 1968 stricken 1.1996
משגב [Misgav] 313   CMN, Cherbourg, France   1967 1968 stricken 1.1996

 

Displacement standard, t

220

Displacement full, t

250

Length, m

44.9

Breadth, m

7.00

Draught, m

1.70 mean 2.50 deep

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 Maybach-Mercedes MD872 diesels

Power, h. p.

13500

Max speed, kts

42

Fuel, t

diesel oil 30
Endurance, nm(kts) 2500(15)

Armament

3 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 4 x 1 - 324 TT

Electronic equipment

TH-D1040 Neptune, RTN-10X Orion radars, ELAC sonar

Complement 35 - 40

Project history: Built by CMN, Cherbourg, although designed by Lürssen Werft of Bremen. Sa'ar 1 class. Delivered to Israel unarmed.

Modernizations: 1973, Miznak; 1974, Mivtakh, Misgav: new armament consisted of (2 x 3 Gabriel Mk 1 SSM, 2 x 1 Gabriel Mk 1 SSM (8 Gabriel Mk 1), 1 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90) or (1 x 3 Gabriel Mk 1 SSM, 2 x 1 Gabriel Mk 1 SSM (5 Gabriel Mk 1), 2 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90 or (3 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 4 x 1 - 324 TT) or (3 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 x 3 - 324 TT)

1980s, all: + MN53 ECM suite, 6 24-tube decoy launchers and 4 single-tube decoy launchers

Naval service: No significant events.

1974

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