Super Dvora Mk II class patrol boat


Super Dvora Mk II-class HPL-21 Ankaran of the Slovenian Navy
Class overview
Name: Super Dvora Mark II
Builders: IAI-Ramta
Operators:  Eritrea, Eritrean Navy

 Israel, Israeli Sea Corps
 Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka Navy
 India, Indian Navy

 Slovenia, Slovenian Navy
Preceded by: Dvora
Succeeded by: Super Dvora Mk III class patrol boat
In commission: 1996
General characteristics
Type: fast patrol boat
Displacement: 60 tons full load
Length: 25.4 metres. (incl. ASD platform)
Beam: 5.67 metres.
Draught: 1.1 metres.
Propulsion: 2x diesel engines with 4570 hp and two Arneson ASD-16 articulating surface drives.
Speed: 45-52 knots (Full Speed)
Range: 700 miles at 42 knots.
Armament: 1 x Typhoon 25-30mm stabilized cannon/Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, 2 x 12.7mm General Purpose Machine Gun

The Super Dvora Mark II fast patrol boats is a high-speed class of patrol boats meant for a variety of naval missions from typical off-shore coastal patrol mission profiles to high-speed, high-maneuver littoral warfare. Built by Israel Aerospace Industries for the Israeli Sea Corps the Super Dvora Mark II is the successor to the Dvora class fast patrol boats. The Super Dvora Mark II has been employed by the Sri Lanka Navy to counter LTTE operations at sea.

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Design and construction

Close to 25 meters in length. the Super Dvora has a marine aluminum alloy planing hull in order to maintaining high standards of sea-keeping, maneuverability and static/dynamic intact/damaged stability in adverse environments.

Armament

Originally the main armament of the Super Dvora Mark II was Oerlikon 20 mm cannon which were manually operated. At present all Super Dvora Mark II types have been modified to allow for the installation of Typhoon 25-30mm stabilized cannon which can be slaved to state-of the art mast-mounted, day/night, long-range electro-optic systems. In addition to its main armament, Super Dvora Mark II carry heavy or light machine guns, depending on the operational requirements.

Sri Lankan Navy Super Dvora Mark II carry additional weapon systems such as automatic grenade launchers and PKM general purpose machine guns.

Operators

 Eritrea

 India
 Israel

 Slovenia

 Sri Lanka

Preceded by
Dvora
Dvora series Succeeded by
Super Dvora Mk III

References

  1. ^ a b c d rr03-1-korrigiert.PDF