Sa'ar 6-class corvette

The Sa'ar 6-class corvette is a series of four German-made corvettes ordered for the Israeli Navy in May 2015.

INS Magen
Class overview
Name: Sa'ar 6 class
Operators:  Israeli Navy
Preceded by: Sa'ar 5 class
Cost: NIS 1.8 billion (US$506 million) per unit (2015 est.)
Planned: 4
Completed: 1
Active: 1
General characteristics
Type: Corvette
Displacement: 1,900 long tons (1,900 t) at full load[1]
Length: 90 m (295 ft 3 in)
Range: 4,000 km (2,200 nmi; 2,500 mi) [2]
Sensors and
processing systems:		 EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar
Armament:

Development

The ships' design is loosely based on the German Braunschweig-class corvette, but with engineering changes to accommodate Israeli-built sensors and missiles such as the Barak 8[3] and the naval Iron Dome system. Elbit Systems has been awarded the contract to design and build the electronic warfare (EW) suites for the ships.[4]

All four vessels will be constructed in Germany in a joint project by German Naval Yards Holdings and ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems. The first of the class was scheduled to be delivered in 2020.[1][5] Construction cost was estimated at NIS 1.8 billion Israeli new shekel (NIS) or roughly 430 million Euros ($480 million).[6] Israel will pay for two thirds of the cost and the German Government will subsidize a third of the corvettes' construction costs, as with the Dolphin-class submarines.[7]

One of their roles will be to protect natural gas platforms in the Mediterranean Sea against possible sea-borne or rocket threats.[6] The Lebanese Hezbollah group alleges that Israel's gas fields lie in Lebanese waters. It has threatened to target Israeli gas platforms.[8]

Characteristics

The Sa'ar 6 has a displacement of almost 1,900 tons at full load and is 90 m (295 ft 3 in) long. It is armed with an Oto Melara 76 mm main gun, two Typhoon Weapon Stations, 32 vertical launch cells for Barak-8 surface-to-air missiles, 20 cells for the C-Dome point defense system, 16 anti-ship missiles (likely Gabriel 5),[9][10] the EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar, and two 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo launchers. It has hangar space and a platform able to accommodate a medium class SH-60-type helicopter.[11]

Israel received the first of four Sa'ar 6-class corvettes, INS Magen, on 11 December 2020.[12]

Ships of class
Sa'ar 6-class corvette
Name Builders Laid down Launched Commissioned Status
Magen (Defender\Shield) German Naval Yards Holdings & ThyssenKrupp 7 February 2018 12 May 2019 11 November 2020 Active
Oz (Courage) 24 August 2019 Under construction
Atzmaut (Independence)
Nitzachon (Victory)

References
  1. "Israeli Navy INS Magen corvette officially named". shephardmedia.com. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  2. 26 May 2019
  3. Opall-Rome, Barbara (4 August 2016). "Israeli Navy Marks Milestones at German Shipyards". defensenews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  4. "Elbit Systems to supply EW suites for the Israeli Navy Sa'ar 6-class corvettes". defence-blog.com. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  5. Azulai, Yuval (11 May 2015). "Israel signs €430m deal for German patrol vessels". Globes. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  6. "Israel to arm warships with Iron Dome system to protect gas reserves at sea". i24news. 13 December 2015. Retrieved 1 May 2016.
  7. Zitun, Yoav (11 May 2015). "Major deal: Israel to purchase four patrol ships from Germany to defend gas rigs". ynet. Retrieved 14 May 2015.
  8. Kubovich, Yaniv (4 January 2018). "Israel Assesses Hezbollah Can Now Strike Its Offshore Gas Platforms". Haaretz. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  9. Dombe, Ami Rojkes (29 September 2020). "Sea-to-sea missile test conducted". israeldefense.co.il. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  10. Adamcyzk, Ed (25 September 2020). "Israel tests new sea-to-sea missile". UPI. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
  11. "Design of Future TKMS Built Saar 6 MEKO A100 Corvettes for Israeli Navy Unveiled", navyrecognition.com, 23 August 2015, retrieved 27 January 2021
  12. Kanig, Christian (2020-11-12). "Korvette „Magen" kurz vor der Abreise nach Israel". ESUT - Europäische Sicherheit & Technik (in German). Retrieved 2020-12-09.

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