Eilath 1960
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| אֵילַת [Eilath] (ex-Zeaolus) | K40 | Cammell Laird, Birkenhead, UK | 5/1942 | 28.2.1944 | 10/1944 // 15.7.1955 | sunk 21.10.1967 | |
| יָפוֹ [Yaffa] (ex-Zodiac) | K42 | Thornycroft, Woolston, UK | 11/1942 | 11.3.1944 | 10/1944 // 15.7.1955 | stricken 1972 |
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Displacement standard, t |
1730 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2575 |
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Length, m |
103.5 pp 110.6 oa |
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Breadth, m |
10.9 |
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Draught, m |
4.42 |
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No of shafts |
2 |
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Machinery |
2 sets Parsons geared steam turbines, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
40000 |
|
Max speed, kts |
36.75 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 588 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | 4675(20) |
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Armament |
4 x 1 - 114/45 Mk 5, 1 x 2 - 40/60 Mk 5, 4 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 4 - 533 TT, 4 DCT, 2 DCR (130) |
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Electronic equipment |
type 275, type 291, type 293 radars, type 144Q sonar |
|
Complement |
186 - 222 |
Project history: Transferred at Cardiff Docks. Renamed Eilath and Yaffa and refitted before going to Israel in July 1956.
Modernizations: mid-1960s, both: - 1 x 4 - 533 TT
Naval service: Eilath sank on 21 October 1967 after being hit by three P-15 SSMs 14nm off Port Said. The missiles were fired from Egyptian Project 183R FAC inside the harbour. This was the first time in history that a warship was sunk by a ship-launched missile.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016