Dvora class fast patrol boat

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Class overview

Name:	Dvora
Builders:	IAI-Ramta, Colombo Dockyard Limited
Operators:	Israeli Sea Corps, Sri Lanka Navy
Preceded by:	Dabur
Succeeded by:	Super Dvora Mk II
In commission:	1988
General characteristics
Type:	fast patrol boat
Displacement:	45.0 tons full load
Length:	21.80 metres.
Beam:	5.50 metres.
Draught:	1.1 metres.
Propulsion:	2x diesel engines with 4570 hp and two Arneson ASD-16 articulating surface drives.
Speed:	37 knots (Full Speed)
Range:	560 NM.
Armament:	1 x Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, 2 x 12.7mm General Purpose Machine Gun

The Dvora class fast patrol boat is a fast class of patrol boats built by Israel Aerospace Industries for the Israeli Sea Corps based on the Israeli Dabur.

1 Operational history
- 1.1 Sri Lanka
- 1.2 Taiwan
2 Operators
3 References

[edit] Operational history

[edit] Sri Lanka

The Dvora has become the work horse of the Sri Lanka Navy which has deployed it since the mid 1980's to counter LTTE operations at sea. Since then Dvoras have been made in Sri Lanka and has been the basis for the more advanced Colombo class fast patrol boat built by the Colombo Dockyard Limited and used by South Asian Navies to counter terrorism.

[edit] Taiwan

The Republic of China Navy uses Dvoras as Fast Attack Missile Craft named as the Hai Ou class missile boats and are armed with additional two Hsiung Feng I Anti-ship missiles, thus being deployed as an anti ship asset. Dvoras have been in the RCN service for over 20 years.