The Israeli Navy (Hebrew: חיל הים הישראלי, Ḥeil HaYam HaYisraeli (English: "Israeli Sea Corps"); Arabic: البحرية الإسرائيلية) is the naval warfare service arm of the Israel Defense Forces, operating primarily in the Mediterranean Sea theater as well as the Gulf of Aqaba and the Red Sea theater.
Future[]
Three new Sa'ar 72-class corvettes are under construction at Israel Shipyards, the first of which should enter service in 2015. These are a stretched version of the Sa'ar 4.5 design that will incorporate stealth technology.
Despite some misgivings from Germany, the contract for the sixth and final Dolphin-class submarine is still intact and it should be operational by 2017. ThyssenKrupp will also build four Sa'ar 6-class corvettes for EEZ duties such as protecting offshore gas fields. The ships will be based on the MEKO A-100 design like Germany's Braunschweig-class corvettes, suggesting they will be 90m long and displace around 1,800 tonnes. This deal was signed in December 2014 and Germany is believed to be contributing up to €115m of the €1 billion cost.
List of Ships[]
- Sa'ar 5-class corvette (3) - 1994
- INS Eilat (501)
- INS Lahav (502)
- INS Hanit (503)
- Sa'ar 72-class corvette (3) - 2015
- INS Reshef
- INS Atzmaut
- INS Misgav
- Sa'ar 6-class corvette (4) - 2020
- INS Aliya
- INS Wedgwood
- INS Matzpen
- INS Haganah
- Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat (10) - 1980
- INS Aliya
- INS Geula
- INS Romach
- INS Keshet
- INS Hetz
- INS Kidon
- INS Tarshish
- INS Yaffo
- INS Herev
- INS Sufa
- Dolphin-class submarine (5, 1 UC) - 1999
- INS Dolphin
- INS Leviathan
- INS Tkuma
- INS Tannin
- INS Rahav
- INS Drakon - fitting out
- Dakar-class submarine (3 planned) - 2031
- INS Dakar - planned for construction
- INS Unnamed - planned for construction
- INS Unnamed - planned for construction
- Stollergrund-class utility ship (2) -
- INS Bat Yam - former BMS Kalkgrund (Y865)
- INS Bat Galim - former BMS Bant (Y867)