Gal class Attack Submarine SSK Israeli Navy Heil HaYam

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Gal class (Type 540) Submarine

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Ships:

Unit / Name	Commissioned	STATUS
INS Gal	June 1976	decommissioned 2000 > museum Haifa
INS Tanin	June 1977	decommissioned 2002
INS Rahav	December 18, 1977	decommissioned 1997

Specifications:

Builder:
Vickers Ltd., Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, England, UK

Displacement: 420 tons surfaced / 600 tons submerged
Length: 45 meters (148 feet)
Beam: 4.7 meters (15 ft)
Draft: 3.7 meters (12 ft)
Speed: 11 knots (20 km/h) surfaced / 17 knots (31 km/h) submerged
Range: ?
Complement: 32

Propulsion:
Diesel-electric
2 x MTU 12V493 diesel engines (2 x 600 hp)
2 x AEG electric generators
1 x electric motor (1800 hp)
1 shaft / 1 propeller

Armament:
8 x 21-inches / 533 mm heavy bow torpedo tubes
for
NT37E heavy weight torpedoes
UGM-84 Harpoon SSM missiles

Systems:
?

The Gal class (Type 540) submarine is a slightly modified variant of the German HDW Type 206 submarine class (which includes the distinctive dome, or bulge, in the front of the boat), modified for Israeli requirements. The Gal class submarines were built to Israeli specifications as the Vickers Type 540 at the Vickers shipyards in Barrow-in-Furness in the UK rather than Germany for political reasons.

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