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Eilat 2009

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
אילת [Eilat]	501		Ingalls, Pascagoula, USA	24.2.1992	9.2.1993	24.5.1994	in service (2019)
להב [Lahav]	502		Ingalls, Pascagoula, USA	25.9.1992	20.8.1993	23.9.1994	in service (2019)
חנית [Hanit]	503		Ingalls, Pascagoula, USA	5.4.1993	4.5.1994	7.2.1995	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	1075
Displacement full, t	1275
Length, m	76.6 pp 85.6 oa
Breadth, m	11.9
Draught, m	3.17 hull
No of shafts	2
Machinery	CODOG: 1 General Electric LM-2500 gas turbine / 2 MTU 12V1163 TB82 diesels
Power, h. p.	30000 / 6000
Max speed, kts	33
Fuel, t	diesel / gas turbine oil
Endurance, nm(kts)	3500(17)
Armament	2 x 4 Harpoon SSM (8 RGM-84C), 2 x 32 Barak SAM (VLS, 64 Barak) (really only 1 x 32 Barak SAM installed), 1 x 6 - 20/76 Phalanx Mk 15, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 4 x 1 - 7.6/90, 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT (6 Mk 46 Mod.5), 1 helicopter (AS.565SA Atelef)
Electronic equipment	SPS-55, EL/M-2228S, 2x EL/M-2221, Mk 90 radars, EDO796, Coris (fitted for) sonars, NS-9003A, NATACS, 2x RAN-1010 ECM suites, 3x Deseaver decoy RL, 2x smoke RL, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, AIO III CCS
Complement	74

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Project history

Compact, fast and powerful missile corvettes of Sa'ar 5 class, ordered in 1989 to a design jointly prepared by Haifa SY, Israely Navy and Ingalls. There were originally to have been eight, then four and finally three. Especially designed with the suppression of radar, noise and heat signatures. Ships appeared top-heavy and never received planned 8 Gabriels II SSMs, planned 76mm gun was replaced by Phalanx. They were conceived as flotilla leaders and command ships for groups of FAC(M)s.

Modernizations

late 2000s, all: + 2x MSIS e/o systems

early 2010s, all: - 2 x 1 - 20/70, SPS-55 radar, SLQ-25 Nixie torpedo decoy, AIO III CCS; + 2 x 5 - 25/80 Sea Vulcan 25, EL/M-2218S radar, NS-9005, NS-9009 ECM suites, ATC-1 torpedo decoy, NTCCS2010 CCS

Naval service

Hanit was damaged by Hezbollah's C701 or C802 missile 14.7.2006 but returned to service in August.