INS Nitzachon
{{short description|Sa'ar 6-class corvette}}
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INS Nitzachon is a {{sclass2|Sa'ar 6|corvette}} of the Israeli Navy's Shayetet 3 Flotilla. It is the fourth ship of its class.
Development and design
{{Main|Sa'ar 6-class corvette}}
The Sa'ar 6-class corvettes' design will be based on the German {{sclass|Braunschweig|corvette|2}}, but with engineering changes to accommodate Israeli-built sensors and missiles such as the Barak 8{{cite web |last=Opall-Rome|first=Barbara|title=Israeli Navy Marks Milestones at German Shipyards|date=4 August 2016|website=defensenews.com|url=http://www.defensenews.com/story/defense/naval/navy/2016/08/04/israel-submarine-ship-corvette-dolphin-germany/88061450 |access-date=27 January 2021}} 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.{{cn|date=February 2021}}
The Sa'ar 6-class vessels have a displacement of almost 1,900 tons at full load and is {{convert|90|m|ftin|abbr=on}} 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,{{cite web |url=https://www.israeldefense.co.il/en/node/45519 |title=Sea-to-sea missile test conducted |website=israeldefense.co.il |last=Dombe |first=Ami Rojkes |date=29 September 2020 |access-date=27 January 2021}}{{cite web |url=https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2020/09/25/Israel-tests-new-sea-to-sea-missile/7691601060080/ |title=Israel tests new sea-to-sea missile |work=UPI |last=Adamcyzk |first=Ed |date=25 September 2020 |access-date=27 January 2021}} the EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar, and two {{cvt|324|mm|in}} torpedo launchers. They have hangar space and a platform able to accommodate a medium class SH-60-type helicopter.{{Citation|title=Design of Future TKMS Built Saar 6 MEKO A100 Corvettes for Israeli Navy Unveiled|date=23 August 2015|website=navyrecognition.com|url=http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3029|access-date=27 January 2021|archive-date=6 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160606033512/http://www.navyrecognition.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=3029|url-status=dead}}
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.{{Cite web|last=Newdick|first=Thomas|title=Israel Has Taken Delivery Of Its Most Capable Warship Ever|url=https://www.thedrive.com/the-war-zone/37604/israel-has-taken-delivery-of-its-most-capable-ever-warship|access-date=2021-03-24|website=The Drive|language=en}} The ship was delivered to the Israeli Navy in August 2021 and is to be fitted with Israeli weapons and radar in Israel.{{Cite web|title="INS Atzmaut" and "INS Nitzachon" handed over to Israeli Navy – SeaWaves Magazine|url=https://seawaves.com/?p=13463|access-date=2021-09-15|language=en-US|archive-date=19 May 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220519022421/https://seawaves.com/?p=13463|url-status=dead}} 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
File:INS Atzmaut and INS Nitzachon (Saar 6) in Israel, August 2021.webm|INS Atzmaut and INS Nitzachon in August 2021
References
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{{Braunschweig-class corvette}}
{{Corvettes of the Israeli Navy}}
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