Gal class

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Gal class
The Gal at the Naval Museum in Haifa
The Gal at the Naval Museum in Haifa
Ship data
country IsraelIsrael (naval flag) Israel
Ship type Submarine
Shipyard Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd , Barrow-in-Furness
Units built 3
period of service 1976 to 2002
Ship dimensions and crew
length
48.5 m ( Lüa )
width 4.8 m
displacement surfaced: 540 ts
submerged 600 ts
 
crew 23 men
Machine system
machine 1 × MTU - diesel
1 × AEG - electric motor
Machine
performance
1,795 hp (1,320 kW)
propeller 1 × 7-blade propeller
Mission data submarine
Top
speed
submerged
17 kn (31 km / h)
Top
speed
surfaced
11 kn (20 km / h)
Armament
Sensors

Sonar:

  • Atlas Electronic CSU-3
  • Atlas Electronic IC-80

The Gal class ( gal , Hebrew wave ) consists of diesel-electric submarines used by the Vickers Shipbuilding and Engineering Ltd in Barrow-in-Furness ( England ) for the Israeli navy on the basis of the German Type 206 submarine were built .

history

The Gal- class is the first class of submarines built specifically for the Israeli Navy. Until then, Israel only had modernized boats with the design from before and during World War II .

Since their commissioning in the 1970s, the boats have been improved again and again to be on the cutting edge of technology. Like the class 206 on which they are based, they are agile and reliable ships designed primarily for fighting enemy vehicles in coastal areas. To protect against mines and detection by magnetic anomaly detectors , their shell is made of non-magnetic steel.

After the introduction of the Dolphin class , they were initially assigned to the reserve; but then a ship was scrapped, while the two remaining units should be thoroughly modernized for the purpose of resale at the Howaldtswerke .

On October 11, 2007, the Gal was transported to Haifa to the local Naval Museum of the Navy and is open to the public. Two doors were added to port to facilitate access to the interior. Nothing is known about the whereabouts of the third unit.

units

IsraelIsrael (naval flag) Israel - All Gal- class submarines of the Israel Navy
Surname Keel laying Launch Commissioning unit Decommissioning Whereabouts
Gal 2nd December 1975 ? 12/1976 7th flotilla in Haifa 2000 Museum in Haifa
Tanin ? ? 7/1977 7th flotilla in Haifa 2002 published by HDW , Kiel
Rahav ? ? 12/1977 7th flotilla in Haifa 1997 scrapped

The last two units were named after two monsters described in verses 51, 9 of the book of Isaiah : Was it not you who cut Rahab in half and pierced the dragon? ( Dragon = Hebrew tanine ). These names had already been used for two Subtle-class ships.

photos

See also

Web links

Commons : Gal class  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Eberhard Rössler : History of the German submarine building. Volume 2, Bernard & Graefe Verlag, Bonn 1996, ISBN 3-86047-153-8 , pp. 508-5099.