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Corvette INS Magen

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Classification

Ship class:
Sa'ar 6-class corvette
Type:
Corvette

Basic information

Operator:
Israeli NavyIsraeli Navy
Country of build:
Builder:
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems
Laid down:
Launched:
Commissioned (service):
Status:
Active

Ship measurements

Displacement:
1,900 t
Length:
89.12 m
Beam:
13.28 m
Draft:
3.4 m

Machine

Propulsion system:
CODOD
Propulsion:
  • 4 * MTU 16V 4000 M93L
Speed:
26 knots
Range:
4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)

Personnel

Complement:
75

Combat assets

Electronics:
  • EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar
Armament:
  • 1 * Oto Melara 76 mm main gun
  • 2 * Typhoon Weapon Stations
  • 32 * vertical launch cells for Barak-8 surface-to-air missiles
  • 40 * vertical launch cells for C-Dome point defense system
  • 16 * Gabriel V anti ship missile
  • 2 * 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo launchers
Aircraft:
  • 1 * MH-60 Seahawk multi mission helicopter

INS Magen is a Sa'ar 6-class corvette of the Israeli Navy. She is the first ship of her class to be commissioned.

The Sa'ar 6-class corvettes' design will be loosely based on the German Braunschweig-class corvette, but with engineering changes to accommodate Israeli-built sensors and missiles such as the Barak 8 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.

The Sa'ar 6-class vessels have a displacement of almost 1,900 tons at full load and is 90 m (295 ft 3 in) long. They are armed with an Oto Melara 76 mm main gun, two Typhoon Weapon Stations, 32 vertical launch cells for Barak-8 surface-to-air missiles, 40 cells for the C-Dome point defense system, 16 anti-ship missiles Gabriel V. the EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar, and two 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo launchers. They have hangar space and a platform able to accommodate a medium class SH-60-type helicopter.

She was laid down on 7 February 2018 and launched on 12 May 2019 at German Naval Yards and ThyssenKrupp in Kiel. She was handed over to Israeli Navy on 2 December and commissioned on 11 November 2020.

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