INS Rahav
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| History | |
|---|---|
 Israel | |
| Name: | INS Rahav |
| Ordered: | 2005 |
| Cost: | €650m |
| Launched: | April 2013 |
| Commissioned: | January 12, 2016 |
| Badge: |
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Dolphin-class submarine |
| Type: | Diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement: | 2,050 tons surfaced, 2,400 tons submerged[1] |
| Length: | 68.6 m (225 ft)[1] |
| Beam: | 6.8 m (22 ft) |
| Draught: | 6.2 m (20 ft) |
| Propulsion: | Diesel-electric, 3 diesels, 1 shaft, 4,243 shp (3,164 kW) |
| Speed: | excess of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)[2] |
| Test depth: | At least 350 m (1,150 ft) |
| Complement: | 35 + 10 additional |
| Sensors and processing systems: | STN Atlas ISUS 90-55 combat system |
| Armament: |
6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes 4 × 650 mm (26 in) diameter torpedo tubes DM-2A4 Seehake wire-guided torpedoes UGM-84C Harpoon anti-ship missiles Triton anti-helicopter missiles |
INS Rahav is an Israeli Dolphin 2-class submarine. The name is Hebrew for "Rahab." The submarine was launched in Kiel, Germany, and delivered to the Israeli port city Haifa in 2013, and entered service in January 2016.
References
- 1 2 Cavas, Christopher P. (15 August 2014). "Israel's Deadliest Submarines Are Nearly Ready". Defense News.
- ↑ Israel’s Deadliest Submarines Are Nearly Ready Intercepts, Christopher P. Cavas
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to INS Rahav (Dolphin). |
- Israeli submarine Dolphin
- FAS: Israel: Submarines
- Dolphin class submarines cutaway diagram, Der Spiegel, 5 June 2012
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