Sa'ar 3-class missile boat

	A Sa'ar 3-class missile boat underway
Class overview
Name	Sa'ar 3
Builders	Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie
Operators	Israeli Navy; Chilean Navy;
Preceded by	Sa'ar 2 class
Succeeded by	Sa'ar 4 class
In commission	1969–1991
Completed	6
General characteristics
Type	Missile boat
Displacement	220 tons ; 250 tons loaded;
Length	45 m (148 ft)
Beam	7.62 m (25.0 ft)
Draft	1.8 m (5.9 ft)
Propulsion	4 MTU 16V 538 diesel engines; 4 shafts, total of 12,800 hp (9,500 kW);
Speed	40 knots (74 km/h)
Range	2,500 nmi (4,600 km) at 15 kn (28 km/h); 1,000 nmi (1,900 km) at 30 kn (56 km/h);
Complement	40
Sensors and ; processing systems	Thomson-CSF Neptune THD 1040 air & surface surveillance radar; Selenia Orion RTN-10X fire-control radar;
Armament	4 × RGM-84 Harpoon SSMs; and; 3 × Gabriel II SSMs; or; 6 × Gabriel II SSMs; 1 × OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun; 2 × 0.30 in (7.62 mm) caliber M1919A4 Browning machine guns; 4 × 7.62 mm FN MAG 58 general-purpose machine guns;

The Sa'ar 3 class ("Cherbourg") is a series of missile boats built in Cherbourg, France at the Amiot Shipyard based on an Israeli Navy modification of the German Navy's Jaguar-class fast attack craft. They are also known as the stars of Cherbourg.

^ Norman Friedman, The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapon Systems Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, 1989, ISBN 1-55750-262-5, p. 230.
^ Norman Friedman, The Naval Institute Guide to World Naval Weapons Systems, 1997-1998 Naval Institute Press, Annapolis, MD, 1979, ISBN 1-55750-268-4, p. 304.