ARM Huracán

Career
Name: ARM Huracán
Builder: Israel Shipyards Ltd.
Commissioned: August 23, 2004
In service: 2
Fate: Active
General characteristics
Class and type: Saar 4.5 (Aliya)
Displacement: 498 tonnes
Length: 61.7 metres (202.43 ft)
Beam: 7.62 metres (25.00 ft)
Draft: 2.8 metres (9.19 ft)
Propulsion: 4 MTU V16 diesel engines
Speed:
  • 19 knots (35 km/h) (cruise speed)
  • 33 knots (61 km/h) (top speed)
Complement:
  • 53 officers and crewmen
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
and decoys:
Armament:
Aviation facilities: One helicopter hangar and Helipad

The ARM Huracán (A-301) is a missile boat in the Mexican Navy. Previously a Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat in the Israeli Sea Corps named the INS Aliya, it was bought by Mexico and placed under control of the Mexican Navy[1]. Press reports indicates that the Israelis removed the Harpoon missile systems prior to the sale, however, the Gabriel anti-ship missile systems were included in the package.

The ARM Huracán was built by Israel Shipyards Ltd in 1981 and underwent a complete overhaul before it was transferred to the Mexican Navy on August 23, 2004.

References

  1. ^ Haaretz 23 December 2003 "Mexico buys Israeli missile ships, helicopters for $90 million" [1]