The Dvora-class fast patrol boat is a fast
class of
patrol boats built by
Israel Aerospace Industries for the
Israeli Sea Corps based on the Israeli .
Operational history
Sri Lanka
The Dvora class has become the work horse of the
Sri Lanka Navy which has deployed it since the mid-1980s to counter
LTTE
The Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE; ta, தமிழீழ விடுதலைப் புலிகள், translit=Tamiḻīḻa viṭutalaip pulikaḷ, si, දෙමළ ඊළාම් විමුක්ති කොටි, t ...
operations at sea. Since then Dvoras have been made in
Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka (, ; si, ශ්රී ලංකා, Śrī Laṅkā, translit-std=ISO (); ta, இலங்கை, Ilaṅkai, translit-std=ISO ()), formerly known as Ceylon and officially the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, is an ...
and has been the basis for the more advanced
Colombo class fast patrol boat built by the
Colombo Dockyard Limited and used by South Asian navies to counter terrorism.
Taiwan
The
Republic of China Navy uses Dvoras as ''Fast Attack Missile Craft'', purchasing two and using them as a pattern for the almost-identical, locally-built ''Hai Ou''-class missile boats (''Hai Ou'' class has three propeller shafts whereas Dvora class has two), 50 built. Both classes, being an anti-ship asset, are armed with additional two
Hsiung Feng I anti-ship missiles and have been in ROCN service for over 20 years.
Operators
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Israeli Sea Corps - 9 (Initially 10 were in service, 1 decommissioned after collision with a rocky shoal)
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Sri Lanka Navy - 4 (2 acquired in 1984 and 4 in 1986; 3 sunk in 1993, 1995 and 1996).
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Republic of China Navy - 2 original Dvora acquired in the 1980s and 48 local variant version ''Hai Ou''-class (Seagull), retired beginning in 1999 to 2012 (replaced by 30
Kuang Hua VI-class missile boat
The Kuang Hua VI-class missile boat is a type of missile boat in service with the Republic of China Navy (ROCN). The prototype was launched in 2003, and the boat first entered service by 2010.
Project history
The Kuang Hua VI project was first un ...
s); originally 26 with 6 gifted to
Gambia
The Gambia,, ff, Gammbi, ar, غامبيا officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. It is the smallest country within mainland AfricaHoare, Ben. (2002) ''The Kingfisher A-Z Encyclopedia'', Kingfisher Publicatio ...
and
Paraguay.
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* Four units (ex-ROCN/Taiwan Navy FABG-7, FABG-11, FABG-29 and FABG-32) received from Taiwan in 2009 as patrol gunboats. All 4 were originally slated for Republic of Malawi in 2008.
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* Two units (ex-ROCN/Taiwan Navy FABG-1 and FABG-2) received from Taiwan in 1994 as patrol gunboats.
References
External links
www.israeli-weapons.com
Patrol boat classes
Naval ships of Israel
Ships of the Sri Lanka Navy
Missile boats of the Republic of China Navy
Ships built in the Republic of China
Ships built in Israel
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