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1974

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
מבטח [Mivtakh]	311		CMN, Cherbourg, France		11.4.1967	1968	stricken 1.1996
מזנק [Miznak]	312		CMN, Cherbourg, France		1967	1968	stricken 1.1996
משגב [Misgav]	313		CMN, Cherbourg, France		1967	1968	stricken 1.1996

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	220
Displacement full, t	250
Length, m	44.9
Breadth, m	7.00
Draught, m	1.70 mean 2.50 deep
No of shafts	4
Machinery	4 Maybach-Mercedes MD872 diesels
Power, h. p.	13500
Max speed, kts	42
Fuel, t	diesel oil 30
Endurance, nm(kts)	2500(15)
Armament	3 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 4 x 1 - 324 TT
Electronic equipment	TH-D1040 Neptune, RTN-10X Orion radars, ELAC sonar
Complement	35 - 40

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Project history

Built by CMN, Cherbourg, although designed by Lürssen Werft of Bremen. Sa'ar 1 class. Delivered to Israel unarmed.

Modernizations

1973, Miznak; 1974, Mivtakh, Misgav: new armament consisted of (2 x 3 Gabriel Mk 1 SSM, 2 x 1 Gabriel Mk 1 SSM (8 Gabriel Mk 1), 1 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90) or (1 x 3 Gabriel Mk 1 SSM, 2 x 1 Gabriel Mk 1 SSM (5 Gabriel Mk 1), 2 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90 or (3 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 4 x 1 - 324 TT) or (3 x 1 - 40/70 Breda-Bofors 564, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 x 3 - 324 TT)

1980s, all: + MN53 ECM suite, 6 24-tube decoy launchers and 4 single-tube decoy launchers

Naval service

No significant events.