INS ''Tanin'' is an Israeli
Dolphin 2-class submarine. The name means "crocodile" in
modern Hebrew
Modern Hebrew ( he, עברית חדשה, ''ʿivrít ḥadašá ', , '' lit.'' "Modern Hebrew" or "New Hebrew"), also known as Israeli Hebrew or Israeli, and generally referred to by speakers simply as Hebrew ( ), is the standard form of the He ...
, but can also mean the sea monster "
tannin
Tannins (or tannoids) are a class of astringent, polyphenolic biomolecules that bind to and precipitate proteins and various other organic compounds including amino acids and alkaloids.
The term ''tannin'' (from Anglo-Norman ''tanner ...
". The submarine was launched in February 2012 in
Kiel, Germany
Kiel () is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 246,243 (2021).
Kiel lies approximately north of Hamburg. Due to its geographic location in the southeast of the Jutland pe ...
, and was delivered to the Israeli port city
Haifa
Haifa ( he, חֵיפָה ' ; ar, حَيْفَا ') is the third-largest city in Israel—after Jerusalem and Tel Aviv—with a population of in . The city of Haifa forms part of the Haifa metropolitan area, the third-most populous metropoli ...
later that year, and entered service in 2014.
References
External links
Israeli submarine Dolphin* FAS
Israel: Submarines Der Spiegel, 5 June 2012
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Dolphin-class submarines
Attack submarines
Ships built in Kiel
2012 ships