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ISRAELI NAVY (ISRAEL)

COASTAL FORCES

OPHIR fast attack craft (torpedo) (1956)

Ophir 1965

Names

T150 אופיר [Ophir]

T151 שבא [Sheva]

T152 תרשיש [Tarshish]

Builders

Baglietto, Varazze, Italy: T150-152

Commissioned

1956: T150-152

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

mid-1970s: T150-152

 

Displacement standard, t

40

Displacement full, t

 

Length, m

21.3

Breadth, m

5.20

Draught, m

1.50

No of shafts

3

Machinery

2 Packard petrol engines + 1 Gray Marine diesel for cruising

Power, h. p.

4000 + 150

Max speed, kts

40

Fuel, t

petrol + diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 1 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 24, 2 - 450 TT

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

 

Project history: Wooden hull. Armament variable.

Modernizations: early 1970s, many boats: - 2 - 450 TT; + 1 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10

Naval service: No significant events.

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