INS Nitzachon

INS Nitzachon is a Sa'ar 6-class corvette of the Israeli Navy's Shayetet 3 Flotilla. It is the fourth ship of its class.

INS Nitzachon in August 2021
History
Israel
Name	Nitzachon (ניצחון)
Namesake	Nitzachon
Ordered	May 2015
Builder	German Naval Yards ThyssenKrupp
Laid down	2018
Launched	2019
Acquired	30 August 2021
Recommissioned	Expected, November 2021
Status	Active[1]
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General characteristics
Class and type	Sa'ar 6-class corvette
Displacement	1,900 long tons (1,900 t) at full load[2]
Length	90 m (295 ft 3 in)
Range	4,000 km (2,200 nmi; 2,500 mi)[3]
Sensors and processing systems	EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar
Armament	1 × Oto Melara 76 mm main gun 2 × Typhoon Weapon Stations 32 vertical launch cells for Barak-8 surface-to-air missiles 40 vertical launch cells for C-Dome point defense system 16 Gabriel V anti-ship missile 2 × 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo launchers 1 MH-60 Seahawk multi mission helicopter

Development and design

Main article: Sa'ar 6-class corvette

The Sa'ar 6-class corvettes' design will be based on the German Braunschweig-class corvette, but with engineering changes to accommodate Israeli-built sensors and missiles such as the Barak 8^[4] and the naval Iron Dome system. Elbit Systems has been awarded the contract to design and build the electronic warfare (EW) suites for the ships.^{[citation needed]}

The Sa'ar 6-class vessels have a displacement of almost 1,900 tons at full load and is 90 m (295 ft 3 in) long. They are armed with an Oto Melara 76 mm main gun, two Typhoon Weapon Stations, 32 vertical launch cells for Barak-8 surface-to-air missiles, 40 cells for the C-Dome point defense system, 16 anti-ship missiles Gabriel V,^[5][6] the EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar, and two 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo launchers. They have hangar space and a platform able to accommodate a medium class SH-60-type helicopter.^[7]

Construction and career

She was launched at German Naval Yards and ThyssenKrupp in Kiel. She will be expected to be commissioned over to Israeli Navy in November 2021.^[8] The ship was delivered to the Israeli Navy in August 2021 and is to be fitted with Israeli weapons and radar in Israel.^[9] Her maiden voyage from Kiel to Haifa took 12 days and being the last ship of its class to arrive, she was joined aboard by the Navy’s top officers for the final leg arriving into Haifa on the morning of the 30th of August 2021 in parade formation joined by most of the Israeli Navy’s fleet.

Gallery

• INS Atzmaut and INS Nitzachon in August 2021