INS Sufa

INS Sufa
INS Sufa during operation Protective Edge
History
Israel
Name: Sufa
Namesake: Storm
Builder: Israel Shipyards Ltd.
Launched: August 2002
Commissioned: May 2003
Status: Active
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type: Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat
Displacement:
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 & landing
craft carried:		 1 Rigid hull inflatable boat
Complement: 53 officers and crewmen
Sensors and
processing systems:
Electronic warfare
& decoys:
Armament:

The INS Sufa (Hebrew: סופה‎‎, Storm) is a Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat of the Israeli Navy, built by Israel Shipyards Ltd. and commissioned in May 2003[1] making it the newest ship in the fleet.

The ship is not the first to use this name, named after the previous Sa'ar 3-class missile boat who was the commanding ship at "Operation Noa" which escaped the reaming 5 boats (including itself) from Cherbourg (France) during the French embargo at 1969.

See also

References

  1. ↑ Hetz/Nirit Sa'ar 4.5 Unit List - GlobalSecurity.org http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/hetz-list.htm
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