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Shimrit 1981

Ships

Name	No	Yard No	Builder	Laid down	Launched	Comp	Fate
שמרית [Shimrit]			Lantana BY, Lantana, USA		26.5.1981	7/1982	stricken 1991
שלומית [Shlomit]			Israeli SY, Haifa		1981	1983	stricken 1991

Technical data

Displacement standard, t	71
Displacement full, t	104
Length, m	23.4 wl 25.6 hull  31.8 foils retracted
Breadth, m	7.32 hull 13.0 foils
Draught, m	1.93 foiling 1.52 foils retracted 4.75 at rest
No of shafts	1
Machinery	1 Allison 501-KF gas turbine, 2 General Motors 6V53 diesels driving retractable 80hp hydraulic motors for hull-borne maneuvering
Power, h. p.	5400
Max speed, kts	45
Fuel, t	gas turbine oil 21
Endurance, nm(kts)	750(42)
Armament	2 x 2 Harpoon SSM (4 RGM-84A), 2 x 1 Gabriel Mk 2 SSM (6 Gabriel Mk 2), 1 x 2 - 30/75 GCM-AO3, 2 x 1 - 12.7/90
Electronic equipment	radar, ECM suite
Complement	45

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Project history

Shimrit class was ordered from Grumman Lantana Yard, USA. It was intended to build up to 12 such craft in Israel. Eventually only Shlomit was built in Haifa. Programme encountered many delays. On trials Shimrit did not reach the designeed 52kts speed, attaining only 47-48. Turning radius at 45kts was 200m. Aluminium construction. Pinepple-shaped radome concealed radar, fire control and countermeasures aerials.

Modernizations

None.

Naval service

No significant events.