Sa'ar 2-class missile boat
INS Mivtach on display at the Clandestine Immigration and Naval Museum, Haifa | |
| Class overview | |
|---|---|
| Name | Sa'ar 2 class |
| Builders | Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie |
| Operators | Israeli Navy |
| Succeeded by | Sa'ar 3-class missile boat |
| In commission | 1967-1997 |
| Completed | 6 |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Missile boat |
| Displacement | 220 tons (250 tons loaded) |
| Length | 45 m (148 ft) |
| Beam | 7.62 m (25.0 ft) |
| Draft | 1.8 m (5.9 ft) |
| Propulsion | 4 MTU 16V 538 diesel engines, four shafts, total of 12,800 hp (9,500 kW) |
| Speed | 40 knots (74 km/h; 46 mph) |
| Range | 2,500 nmi (4,600 km; 2,900 mi) at 15 kn (28 km/h; 17 mph) 1,000 nmi (1,900 km; 1,200 mi) at 30 kn (56 km/h; 35 mph) |
| Complement | 40 |
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The Sa'ar 2 class ("Shalechet") is a class of missile boats built in Cherbourg, France at the Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie shipyard based on Israeli Navy modification of the German Navy's Jaguar-class fast attack craft. Three of the ships class were converted from Sa'ar 1-class patrol boats in 1974.