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Keshet 2006

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
רומח [Romah]			Israeli SY, Haifa		30.10.1981	11/1981	in service (2019)
קשת [Keshet]			Israeli SY, Haifa		10.1982	11/1982	in service (2019)

Technical data

Displacement standard, t
Displacement full, t	490
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
Endurance, nm(kts)	4000(17)
Armament	2 x 2 Harpoon SSM (4 RGM-84A), 6 x 1 Gabriel Mk 2 SSM (6 Gabriel Mk 2), 1 x 1 - 76/62 OTO-Melara Compact, 1 x 6 - 20/76 Mk 15 Phalanx, 2 x 1 - 20/70 Mk 10, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90
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	45

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Project history

Sa'ar 4.5 class. Lengthened Reshef class hull for additional armament or helicopter facilities. Romah and Keshet have additional armament.

Modernizations

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

2000, Romah; 2001, Keshet: - 2 x 2 Harpoon SSM (4 RGM-84A), RTN-10X Orion radars; + 2 x 2 Harpoon SSM (4 RGM-84C), 4 x 8 Barak SAM (VLS, 32 Barak), 2 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2x EL/M-2221 radars, MSIS e/o system

Naval service

No significant events.