Mivtakh 1955
| Name | No | Yard No | Builder | Laid down | Launched | Comp | Fate |
| מבטח [Mivtakh] (ex-Orkney) | K28 | Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada | 5.1943 | 18.9.1943 | 4.1944 // 20.4.1949 | to Sri Lanka 1959 (මහසෙන් [Mahasena]) | |
| משגב [Misgav] (ex-Strathadam) | K30 | Canadian Yarrow, Esquimalt, Canada | 12.1943 | 20.3.1944 | 9.1944 // 2.1950 | sunk as target 1970 | |
| מזנק [Misnak] (ex-Hallowell) | K32 | Canadian Vickers, Montreal, Canada | 11.1943 | 28.3.1944 | 8.1944 // 1952 | to Sri Lanka 1959 (ගජබාහු [Gajabahu]) |
|
Displacement standard, t |
1460 |
|
Displacement full, t |
2180 |
|
Length, m |
86.3 pp 91.8 oa |
|
Breadth, m |
11.2 |
|
Draught, m |
3.89 deep load |
|
No of shafts |
2 |
|
Machinery |
2 VTE, 2 Admiralty 3-drum boilers |
|
Power, h. p. |
5500 |
|
Max speed, kts |
20 |
|
Fuel, t |
oil 646 |
| Endurance, nm(kts) | |
|
Armament |
1 x 2 - 102/45 Mk 19, 1 x 1 - 76/40 HA/LA Mk 9, 4 x 2 - 20/70 Mk 5, 1 x 24 - 178 Hedgehog Mk 10 ASWRL, 8 DCT, 2 DCR (150) |
|
Electronic equipment |
SU radar, type 144 sonar |
|
Complement |
140 |
Project history: Ex-Canadian frigates sold to mercantile service in 1945-1947, from which the Israeli Navy acquired them.
Modernizations: 1956, Misgav: + 1 x 1 - 102/45 Mk 20
Naval service: No significant events.
© Ivan Gogin, 2016