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 Chilean Navy Sa'ar 4-class fast-attack craft Angamos and Casma perform tactical maneuvering exercises in the Strait of Magellan
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| Class overview | |
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| Name | Sa'ar 4 class |
| Builders | Israel Shipyards |
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| Preceded by | Sa'ar 3 class |
| Succeeded by | Sa'ar 4.5 class |
| General characteristics | |
| Type | Fast attack craft |
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| Length | 58 m (190 ft) |
| Beam | 7.62 m (25.0 ft) |
| Draught | 2.4 m (7.9 ft) |
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| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h; 39 mph) |
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| Complement | 45 |
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The Sa'ar 4 or Reshef class were a series of fast attack craft built based on Israeli Navy designs grounded in accumulated experience derived in the operation of "Cherbourg" (Sa'ar 1, Sa'ar 2, and Sa'ar 3) classes. Thirteen were built at the Israel Shipyards, ten for the Israeli Navy and three for the South African Navy. Another six were built for the South African Navy in South Africa with Israeli assistance.
Sa'ar 4 boats' first battle engagements occurred in the October 1973 Yom Kippur War when two Sa'ar 4 boats, INS Reshef and INS Keshet, engaged Egyptian and Syrian ships and coastal targets. Israel had sold most of its Sa'ar 4 boats to other navies, but INS Nitzachon and INS Atzmaut remained in active Israeli Navy service until 2014.
- ^ Norman Friedman, The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapon Systems Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, 1989, ISBN 1-55750-262-5, p. 241.