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Aliyah 1980

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
עליה [Aliyah]			Israeli SY, Haifa		10.7.1980	8.1980	to Mexico 1.2004 (Huracán)
גאולה [Geoula]			Israeli SY, Haifa		10.1980	31.12.1980	to Mexico 1.2004 (Tormenta)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement full, t	500
Length, m	58.2 wl 61.7 oa
Breadth, m	7.62
Draught, m	2.78
No of shafts	4
Machinery	4 MTU 16V956 TB91 diesels
Power, h. p.	14000
Max speed, kts	31
Fuel, t	diesel oil 116
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(17)
Armament	2 x 2 Harpoon SSM (4 RGM-84A), 4 x 1 Gabriel Mk 2 SSM (4 Gabriel Mk 2), 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 4 x 1 - 12.7/90, 1 helicopter (AS.565SA Atelef)
Electronic equipment	TH-D1040 Neptune, RTN-10X Orion radars, MN-53 ECM suite, Deseaver 1x 45-tube, 4x 24-tube, 4x 1-tube decoy RL
Complement	53

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Project history

Sa'ar 4.5 class. Lengthened Reshef class hull for additional armament or helicopter facilities. Aliyah and Geoula had helicopter used for over the horizon targeting. Can also serve as command boats for groups of other FAC,

Modernizations

1983-1984, both: - 1 x 1 - 40/60; + 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, Mk 90 radar

1990s, both: - MN-53 ECM suite; + NS-9003, NS-9005, NATACS ECM suites

Naval service

No significant events.