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ISRAELI NAVY (ISRAEL)

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ROMAH fast attack craft (missile) (1981-1982)

Romah 2010

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
רומח [Romah]     Israeli SY, Haifa   30.10.1981 11/1981 in service (2019)
קשת [Keshet]     Israeli SY, Haifa   10.1982 11/1982 in service (2019)

 

Displacement standard, t

 

Displacement full, t

490

Length, m

58.2 wl 61.7 oa

Breadth, m

7.62

Draught, m

2.78

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 MTU 16V956 TB91 diesels

Power, h. p.

14000

Max speed, kts

31

Fuel, t

diesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts) 4000(17)

Armament

2 x 2 Harpoon SSM (4 RGM-84A), 6 x 1 Gabriel Mk 2 SSM (6 Gabriel Mk 2), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Electronic equipment

TH-D1040 Neptune, RTN-10X Orion radars, MN-53 ECM suite, Deseaver 1x 45-tube, 4x 24-tube, 4x 1-tube decoy RL

Complement 45

Project history: Sa'ar 4.5 class. Lengthened Reshef class hull for additional armament or helicopter facilities. Romah and Keshet have additional armament.

Modernizations: 1990s, both: - MN-53 ECM suite; + NS-9003, NS-9005, NATACS ECM suites

2000, Romah; 2001, Keshet: - 2 x 2 Harpoon SSM (4 RGM-84A), RTN-10X Orion radars; + 2 x 2 Harpoon SSM (4 RGM-84C), 4 x 8 Barak SAM (VLS, 32 Barak), 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2x EL/M-2221 radars, MSIS e/o system

Naval service: No significant events.

Keshet 2006

© Ivan Gogin, 2019