INS Rahav (2013)

History
Israel
Name:	INS Rahav
Ordered:	2005
Cost:	€650m
Launched:	11 March 2013
Commissioned:	January 13, 2016
Homeport:	Haifa
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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 built in Kiel, Germany, and delivered to the Israeli port city Haifa 12 January 2016, where entered service the next day.

Name is from the Bible "Was it not you who cut Rahab to pieces, who pierced that monster through?" (isaiah 51)

References

External links

• Israeli submarine Dolphin
• FAS: Israel: Submarines
• Dolphin class submarines cutaway diagram, Der Spiegel, 5 June 2012

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