Rahav (submarine, 2016)

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The Rahav in Wilhelmshaven
The Rahav in Wilhelmshaven
Overview
Type Submarine
Shipyard

ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems , Kiel

1. Period of service flag
Commissioning January 13, 2016
Technical specifications
displacement

surfaced: 2000  ts
submerged: 2300 ts

length

68.0 m

width

6.8 m

Draft

6.2 m

Diving depth m
crew

35 men

drive

3 × Diesel MTU 16V 396 SE 84, total: 3,120 kW (4,242 PS)
additional fuel cells ( AIP )

speed

surfaced: 11 kn
submerged: 20 kn

The Rahav is an Israeli submarine Dolphin II class , which in Germany by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems in Kiel was built. It is 68 m long.

The price was around 400 million euros, according to more recent information from the German Ministry of Economic Affairs, 600 million euros. According to section 60 of the federal budget , subsidies of 120 million euros were made available for the construction from 2012 by the Federal Republic.

The boat was launched on March 11, 2013. The ship was christened on April 29, 2013; Major General Ehud Shani and Navy Commander Admiral Ram Rutberg attended the ceremony. Testing began at the end of 2013; it was completed at the end of 2015. In September 2015, around 50 Israeli marines were flown to Germany to serve in the boat. The submarine left Kiel on December 17, 2015, crossed the Kiel Canal accompanied by the Israeli secret service and reached the Haifa naval base of the Israeli Navy on January 12, 2016 . It was put into service the following day. A state ceremony was held for the inauguration of the ship in Haifa. President Reuven Rivlin emphasized that the INS Rahav would make an active contribution to the defense of Israel in the coming decades. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu called the submarine a "closed fist at sea" that will help Israel defend and attack.

The ship is believed to be armed with Israeli nuclear weapons . The boat offers no separate sanitary and sleeping rooms for male and female marines in a confined space, so that the crew is purely male and women cannot and are not allowed to work there. The boat works three shifts a day.

The submarine has the same name as the INS Rahav, formerly HMS Sanguine (P266) , which was operated by the Israeli Navy from 1958 to 1968, and the INS Rahav , which was in service with the Israeli Navy from 1977 to 1997.

Web links

Commons : INS Rahav (Dolphin)  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Tagesschau, January 12, 2016
  2. ^ A b Watch: On Board the Israeli Navy's Most Expensive Submarine, ynetnews of April 22, 2016.
  3. ↑ FAZ, November 20, 2016
  4. ↑ a b Kieler Nachrichten, October 15, 2015
  5. ↑ Kieler Nachrichten, March 12, 2013
  6. ↑ Kieler Nachrichten, April 29, 2013
  7. ↑ israelnetz, April 30, 2013
  8. ↑ a b c Jüdische Allgemeine, February 4, 2016
  9. ↑ Der Standard, January 12, 2016
  10. ↑ Schleswig-Holsteinscher Zeitungsverlag / Flensburger Tageblatt, March 9, 2016
  11. ↑ Business Insider, January 12, 2016
  12. ↑ The Times of Israel, December 17, 2015