Corvette INS Atzmaut

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Ship measurements

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

Machine

Propulsion system:
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 Atzmaut is a Sa'ar 6-class corvette of the Israeli Navy. She is the third ship of her class.

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, 20 cells for the C-Dome point defense system, 16 anti-ship missiles (likely Gabriel 5), 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 MH-60-type helicopter.

She was launched at German Naval Yards and ThyssenKrupp in Kiel. She will be expected to be commissioned over to Israeli Navy in November 2021. The ship was delivered to the Israeli Navy in July 2021 and is to be fitted with Israeli weapons and radar in Israel.

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