INS Sufa (2003)

INS Sufa (2003)
INS Sufa during operation Protective Edge
History
Israel
NameSufa
NamesakeStorm
BuilderIsrael Shipyards Ltd.
LaunchedAugust 2002
CommissionedMay 2003
StatusActive
Badge
General characteristics
Class and typeSa'ar 4.5-class missile boat
Displacement
Length61.7 m (202.43 ft)
Beam7.62 m (25.00 ft)
Draft2.8 m (9.19 ft)
Propulsion4 MTU 16V 396 TB91 diesel engines, four shafts, total of 16,000 shp (12,000 kW)
Speed34 knots (63 km/h)
Range4,800 nautical miles (8,900 km) at 19 knots (35 km/h) 2,200 nautical miles (4,100 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h)
Boats & landing
craft carried
1 Rigid hull inflatable boat
Complement53 officers and crewmen
Sensors and
processing systems
Electronic warfare
& decoys
Armament

The INS Sufa (Hebrew: סופה, Storm) is a Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat of the Israeli Navy's Shayetet 3 Flotilla, built by Israel Shipyards Ltd. and commissioned in May 2003.[1]

The ship is not the first to use this name, which was also used by a previous Sa'ar 3-class missile boat which was the command ship at "Operation Noa" in which the remaining 5 boats (including itself) escaped from Cherbourg (France) during the French embargo in 1969.

  1. ^ Hetz/Nirit Sa'ar 4.5 Unit List - GlobalSecurity.org http://www.globalsecurity.org/military/world/israel/hetz-list.htm