Sa'ar 6-class corvette

The Sa'ar 6-class corvette is a series of four

German-made corvettes ordered for the Israeli Navy
in May 2015.

Development
The ships' design is loosely based on the German
Braunschweig-class corvette, but with engineering
changes to accommodate Israeli-built sensors and
missiles such as the Barak 8[5] 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.
INS Magen
All four vessels were constructed in Germany in a Class overview
joint project by German Naval Yards Holdings and
Name Sa'ar 6 class
ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS). The first of
the class was scheduled to be delivered in 2020.[3][6] Operators  Israeli Navy
Construction cost was estimated at NIS 1.8 billion Preceded by Sa'ar 5 class
Israeli new shekel (NIS) or roughly 430 million
Cost NIS
Euros ($480 million).[7] Israel will pay for two thirds
1.8 billion (US$557 million) per
of the cost and the German Government will
subsidize a third of the corvettes' construction costs, unit (2015 est.)
as with the Dolphin-class submarines.[8] Planned 4
Completed 4
Missions Active 3[1]
General characteristics
The Lebanese Hezbollah group alleges that Israel's
gas fields lie in Lebanese waters. It has threatened to Type Corvette
target Israeli gas platforms.[9] An Israeli-owned ship Displacement 1,900 long tons (1,900 t) at full
reportedly came under missile fire repeatedly near load[3]
the United Arab Emirates. The ship was en route to
Length 90 m (295 ft 3 in)
the UAE from Kuwait, according to Channel 12
news.[10][11] Range 4,000 nmi (7,400 km;
4,600 mi) [2]
The Sa'ar 6 has been adopted for maritime Complement 70
protection, anti-shipping and prevent threats in the
Israeli exclusive economic zone (EEZ).The Sa'ar 6 is Crew 70 [4]
also used to defend Israeli shipping lanes in the Sensors and EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA
Mediterranean to import more than 90 percent of processing radar
goods for Israel.[12] One of their roles will be to systems
Armament 1 × Oto Melara 76 mm main
gun
2 × Typhoon Weapon Stations
protect natural gas platforms in the Mediterranean 32 vertical launch cells for
Sea against possible sea-borne, counter-terrorism or Barak-8 surface-to-air
rocket threats.[7] missiles
40 vertical launch cells for C-
Characteristics Dome point defense system
16 Gabriel V anti-ship missile
The Sa'ar 6 has a displacement of almost 1,900 tons
at full load and is 90 m (295 ft 3 in) long. It is armed 2 × 324 mm (12.76 in) torpedo
with an Oto Melara 76 mm main gun, two Typhoon launchers
Weapon Stations, 16 vertical launch cells for Barak-8 1 MH-60 Seahawk multi-
surface-to-air missiles, 40 cells for the C-Dome point mission helicopter
defense system, 16 anti-ship missiles Gabriel
V,[13][14] the EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar, and two 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo launchers. It
has hangar space and a platform able to accommodate a medium class SH-60-type helicopter.[15]

Israel received the first of four Sa'ar 6-class corvettes, INS  Magen, on 11 December 2020;[16]
Thyssen Krupp Marine Systems officially handed over the second corvette, INS  Oz, on 4 May
2021.[17] On July 27, 2021, the final two ships, INS Atzmaut and INS Nitzachon, were also
delivered to the Israeli Navy by the builder. They were to be equipped with radar and weapon
systems by the Israeli Navy after their arrival in Israel.[18] In Haifa in September 2022, the vessel's
76/62 rapid-fire main gun was ceremonially accepted for the first two ships of the class.[19]

Ships of class
Sa'ar 6-class corvette
Name Builders Laid down Launched Commissioned Status

Magen 7 February 12 May 11 November

(Defender\Shield) 2018 2019 2020
February 24 August
Oz (Courage) 4 May 2021 Active
German Naval Yards 2018[20] 2019
Holdings & ThyssenKrupp
Atzmaut
(Independence)
2018 2019[18] 23 April 2023 [21]

Fitting
Nitzachon (Victory) 2018 2019[18] 2023 (expected)
out

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Further reading
LAPPIN, Yaakov (26 May 2016). "How navy engineers made the next missile ship stealthy" (htt
p://www.jpost.com/Israel-News/How-navy-engineers-made-the-next-missile-ship-stealthy-4550
48). Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 5 July 2016.

External links
"Germany says it will help finance four new Israeli warships" (http://www.israelhayom.com/site/
newsletter_article.php?id=22175). Israel Hayom. 16 December 2014. Retrieved 24 June 2016
– via Reuters.
"First Israeli Saar 6 Corvette Completes C-DOME live fire test" (https://www.janes.com/defence
-news/news-detail/first-israeli-saar-6-corvette-completes-c-dome-live-fire-test). Janes. 22
February 2022. Retrieved 4 September 2022.

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