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RESHEF fast attack craft (missile) (1973-1980)


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Reshef 1974

Ships


Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
רשף [Reshef]     Israeli SY, Haifa   19.2.1973 4.1973 to Chile 11.1996 (Angamos)
קשת [Keshet]     Israeli SY, Haifa   2.8.1973 10/1973 to Chile 1981 (Chipana)
רומח [Romah]     Israeli SY, Haifa   1.1974 3/1974 to Chile 1979 (Casma)
כידון [Kidon]     Israeli SY, Haifa   4.7.1974 9/1974 BU 1994
תרשיש [Tarshish]     Israeli SY, Haifa   17.1.1975 3/1975 to Chile 6.1997 (Papudo)
יפו [Yaffo]     Israeli SY, Haifa   3.2.1975 4/1975 BU 1998
ניצחון [Nitzahon]     Israeli SY, Haifa   10.7.1978 9/1978 stricken 1.2014
עצמאות [Atsmout]     Israeli SY, Haifa   3.12.1978 2/1979 stricken 3.2014
מולדת [Moledet]     Israeli SY, Haifa   22.3.1979 5/1979 to Sri Lanka 8.2000 (නන්දිමිත්‍ර [Nandimitra])
קוממיות [Komemiut]     Israeli SY, Haifa   19.7.1979 8/1980 to Sri Lanka 8.2000 (සුරනිමල  [Suranimala])


Technical data


Displacement standard, t

415
Displacement full, t

450
Length, m

58.1
Breadth, m

7.60
Draught, m

2.40
No of shafts4
Machinery

4 MTU 16V956 TB91 diesels
Power, h. p.

14000
Max speed, kts

32
Fuel, tdiesel oil
Endurance, nm(kts)4000(17.5)
Armament

Reshef, Keshet, Romah, Kidon, Tarshish, Yaffo, Atsmout, Moledet: 1 x 3 Gabriel Mk 1 SSM, 4 x 1 Gabriel Mk 1 SSM (7 Gabriel Mk 1), 2 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90

Nitzahon, Komemiut: 1 x 3 Gabriel Mk 1 SSM, 4 x 1 Gabriel Mk 1 SSM (7 Gabriel Mk 1), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 1 - 40/60 Mk 3, 2 x 1 - 20/70 MK 10, 2 x 1 - 20/70
Electronic equipment

TH-D1040 Neptune, RTN-10X Orion radars, MN-53 ECM suite, (0-1)x 45-tube, (4-6)x 24-tube, 4x 1-tube decoy RL
Complement45


Standard scale images


<i>Reshef </i>1980
Reshef 1980
<i>Moledet </i>2000
Moledet 2000


Graphics


<i>Reshef </i>1974
Reshef 1974
<i>Nitzhon </i>2006
Nitzhon 2006


Project history

Sa'ar 4 class. Development began towards the end of 1968. An expansion of the building ships at Haifa enabled rapid construction of the next six units ordered in 1975. Excellent seaboats with large endurance at cruising speed. Can be rigged for ASW, with EDO780 dipping sonar at the stern in place of 76mm mount and one triple 324mm Mk 32 TT on the port side, missile complement in this case reduced to 2 Harpoons and 4 Gabriels.

Modernizations

1979, Tarshish: - 1 x 1 - 76/62; + helicopter deck (temporarily for tests)

1983-1985, Reshef, Kidon, Tarshish, Yaffo, Atsmout, Moledet: - 1 x 3 Gabriel Mk 1 SSM, 4 x 1 Gabriel Mk 1 SSM, 1 x 1 - 76/62; + 2 x 2 (or 1 x 4) Harpoon SSM (4 RGM-84A), 2 x 3 Gabriel Mk 2 SSM (6 Gabriel Mk 2), 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, Mk 90 radar

1983-1985, Nitzahon, Komemiut: - 1 x 3 Gabriel Mk 1 SSM, 4 x 1 Gabriel Mk 1 SSM, 1 x 1 - 40/60; + 2 x 2 (or 1 x 4) Harpoon SSM (4 RGM-84A), 2 x 3 Gabriel Mk 2 SSM (6 Gabriel Mk 2), 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, Mk 90 radar

1990s, Nitzahon, Atsmout: - 1 x 3 Gabriel Mk 2 SSM, MN-53 ECM suite; + 2 x 1 Gabriel Mk 2 SSM, NS9003/5, NATACS ECM suites

early 2010s, Nitzahon, Atsmout: - 1 x 1 - 76/62; + 2 x 3 - 324 Mk 32 TT, EDO780 sonar

Naval service

No significant events.