INS Herev

INS Herev underway
Career (Israel)
Name:	Herev
Namesake:	Sword
Builder:	Israel Shipyards Ltd.
Launched:	July 2002
Commissioned:	May 2002
Status:	Active
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General characteristics
Class and type:	Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat
Displacement:	488 tonnes (full load) 430 tonnes (standard)
Length:	61.7 m (202.43 ft)
Beam:	7.62 m (25.00 ft)
Draft:	2.8 m (9.19 ft)
Propulsion:	4 MTU 16V 396 TB91 diesel engines, four shafts, total of 16,000 shp (12,000 kW)
Speed:	34 knots (63 km/h)
Range:	4,800 nautical miles (8,900 km) at 19 knots (35 km/h) 2,200 nautical miles (4,100 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h)
Boats and landing craft carried:	1 Rigid hull inflatable boat
Complement:	53 officers and crewmen
Sensors and processing systems:	Elta EL/M-2218S air search radar Elta EL/M-2221 fire-control radar
Electronic warfare and decoys:	Elbit chaff rocket launchers Rafael RF corner reflector Elisra NS-9003A/9005 RWR
Armament:	8 x RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles 16 x Barak 1 surface-to-air missiles 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun 2 x 0.5 in (12.70 mm) caliber M2 Browning machine guns 3 x 7.62 mm FN MAG 58 general-purpose machine guns 1 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS

The INS Herev (Hebrew: חרב‎, Sword) is a Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat of the Israeli Navy, built by Israel Shipyards Ltd. and commissioned in May 2002.^[1]

See also

• INS Tarshish
• INS Sufa

References

• The INS Hetz proceeds along a multiple-minded mission set, ready to react in an offensive or defensive nature. - Retrieved 29 September 2014