INS Magen (English: Shield) is a Sa'ar 6-class corvette of the Israeli Navy's Shayetet 3 fleet. She is the first ship of her class to be commissioned.
 INS Magen at Kiel in November 2020
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| Name |
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| Namesake | Magen |
| Ordered | May 2015 |
| Builder | |
| Laid down | 7 February 2018 |
| Launched | 12 May 2019 |
| Acquired | 2 December 2020 |
| Commissioned | 11 November 2020 |
| Status | Active |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sa'ar 6-class corvette |
| Displacement | 1,900 long tons (1,900 t) at full load[1] |
| Length | 90 m (295 ft 3 in) |
| Range | 4,000 nmi (7,400 km; 4,600 mi)[2] |
| Sensors and processing systems | EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar |
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Development and design
editThe Sa'ar 6-class corvettes' design will be loosely based on the German Braunschweig-class corvette, but with engineering changes to accommodate Israeli-built sensors and missiles such as the Barak 8[3] 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.[citation needed]
The Sa'ar 6-class vessels have a displacement of almost 1,900 tons at full load and is 90 m (295 ft 3 in) 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.[4][5] the EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar, and two 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo launchers. They have hangar space and a platform able to accommodate a medium class SH-60-type helicopter.[6]
Construction and career
editShe was laid down on 7 February 2018 and launched on 12 May 2019 at German Naval Yards and ThyssenKrupp in Kiel. She was handed over to Israeli Navy on 2 December and commissioned on 11 November 2020.[7][8] In Haifa in September 2022, the vessel's 76/62 rapid-fire main gun was ceremonially accepted for her and her sister ship Oz.[9]
Operational history
editIn February 2022, the INS Magen took part in an exercise in the Mediterranean. Among other things, missile defense and unmanned vehicles were tested. During the exercise, training was given to repel missiles from Iran.[10]
It was also deployed in the red sea following Houthi attacks on Israeli and non-Israeli ships during the Red Sea crisis[11][12]
On 8th April 2024 the C-Dome battery of the Sa'ar 6-class corvette INS Magen scored the first operational interception of the system when it shot down a UAV drone near Eilat.[13]
Gallery
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INS Magen under construction on 28 November 2018. -
INS Magen's forward section on 28 November 2018. -
INS Magen under construction on 23 May 2019. -
The announcing of the ship's name. -
INS Magen being towed on 11 June 2019. -
Reuven Rivlin during the handing over ceremony of INS Magen on 2 December 2020. -
Reuven Rivlin during the handing over ceremony of INS Magen on 2 December 2020. -
Reuven Rivlin during the handing over ceremony of INS Magen on 2 December 2020.
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References
edit- ^ "Israeli Navy INS Magen corvette officially named". shephardmedia.com. 27 May 2019. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ [1] 26 May 2019 Archived 15 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Opall-Rome, Barbara (4 August 2016). "Israeli Navy Marks Milestones at German Shipyards". defensenews.com. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Dombe, Ami Rojkes (29 September 2020). "Sea-to-sea missile test conducted". israeldefense.co.il. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Adamcyzk, Ed (25 September 2020). "Israel tests new sea-to-sea missile". UPI. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Design of Future TKMS Built Saar 6 MEKO A100 Corvettes for Israeli Navy Unveiled", navyrecognition.com, 23 August 2015, archived from the original on 6 June 2016, retrieved 27 January 2021
- ^ Arkin, Dan (7 October 2020). "Report: New 'Magen' warship to be delivered to Israeli Navy in December". israeldefense.co.il. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ Kanig, Christian (12 November 2020). "Korvette "Magen" kurz vor der Abreise nach Israel". ESUT - Europäische Sicherheit & Technik (in German). Retrieved 9 December 2020.
- ^ "Israeli Navy Accepts Leonardo Main Gun for Saar 6 corvettes". 15 September 2022.
- ^ "Israel completes successful live-fire testing of 'naval Iron Dome'". JNS.org. 21 February 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2022.
- ^ "Israeli navy Successfully deploys saar 6 missile ship in red sea".
- ^ "Israeli navy's saar 6 ship successfully deployed in the red sea".
- ^ https://en.globes.co.il/en/article-rafaels-c-dome-makes-first-operational-interception-1001475989