INS Sufa

INS *Sufa*
History
INS Sufa during operation Protective Edge
Israel
Name:	Sufa
Namesake:	Storm
Builder:	Israel Shipyards Ltd.
Launched:	August 2002
Commissioned:	May 2003
Status:	Active
Badge:
General characteristics
Class and type:	Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat
Displacement:	488 tonnes (full load) 430 tonnes (standard)
Length:	61.7 m (202.43 ft)
Beam:	7.62 m (25.00 ft)
Draft:	2.8 m (9.19 ft)
Propulsion:	4 MTU 16V 396 TB91 diesel engines, four shafts, total of 16,000 shp (12,000 kW)
Speed:	34 knots (63 km/h)
Range:	4,800 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
Complement:	53 officers and crewmen
Sensors and processing systems:	Elta EL/M-2218S air search radar Elta EL/M-2221 fire-control radar
Electronic warfare & decoys:	Elbit chaff rocket launchers Rafael RF corner reflector Elisra NS-9003A/9005 RWR
Armament:	8 x RGM-84 Harpoon anti-ship missiles 16 x Barak 1 surface-to-air missiles 1 x OTO Melara 76 mm naval gun 2 x 0.5 in (12.70 mm) caliber M2 Browning machine guns 3 x 7.62 mm FN MAG 58 general-purpose machine guns 1 x 20 mm Phalanx CIWS

The INS Sufa (Hebrew: סופה‎‎, Storm) is a Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat of the Israeli Navy, built by Israel Shipyards Ltd. and commissioned in May 2003^[1] making it the newest ship in the fleet.

The ship is not the first to use this name, named after the previous Sa'ar 3-class missile boat who was the commanding ship at "Operation Noa" which escaped the reaming 5 boats (including itself) from Cherbourg (France) during the French embargo at 1969.

References

Chochit ships	Aliya Geula

Noshav ships	Romach Keshet

Nirit ships	Hetz Kidon Tarshish Yaffo Herev Sufa

Other operators

Chochit ships	Huracán (ex-Aliya) Tormenta (ex-Geula)

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