INS Tarshish

INS Tarshish (Hebrew: תרשיש, Tarshish) is a Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat of the Israeli Navy's Shayetet 3 Flotilla, built by Israel Shipyards Ltd. and commissioned in June 1995.^[1]

INS Tarshish

Tarshish at Israel 61st Independence Day display, May 2009
History
Israel
Name	Tarshish
Namesake	Tarshish
Builder	Israel Shipyards Ltd.
Commissioned	June 1995
Status	Active
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General characteristics
Class & type	Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat
Displacement	488 t (480 long tons) (full load) 430 t (420 long tons) (standard)
Length	61.7 m (202 ft 5 in)
Beam	7.62 m (25 ft 0 in)
Draft	2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Installed power	4 diesel engines 16,000 bhp (12,000 kW)
Propulsion	4 shafts
Speed	34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph)
Range	4,800 nmi (8,900 km; 5,500 mi) at 19 knots (35 km/h)
Boats & landing craft carried	1 rigid hull inflatable boat
Complement	53 officers and crewmen
Sensors & processing systems	Elta EL/M-2218S air search radar Elta EL/M-2221 fire-control radar
Electronic warfare & 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 Sa'ar 4.5 (Hebrew: סער 4.5) is a class of Israeli Sea Corps missile boats designed and built by Israel Shipyards Ltd. as an improved and stretched Sa'ar 4-class missile boat. There are two different subclasses that are both named Sa'ar 4.5. The first subclass was initially called Chochit (Hebrew: חוחית‎), but renamed to Aliya (Hebrew: עליה‎). Two Aliya-subclass boats are in service with the Mexican Navy. The second subclass was initially called Nirit (Hebrew: נירית‎) but renamed to Hetz (Hebrew: חץ‎). Eight Hetz-subclass boats are in service with the Israeli Navy.

See also

• INS Sufa
• INS Herev