Dvora-class fast patrol boat

Republic of China Navy Dvora-class patrol boat
Class overview
Name: Dvora class
Builders:
Operators:
Preceded by: Dabur class
Succeeded by: Super Dvora Mk II class
Subclasses: Hau Ou class
In commission: 1988
General characteristics
Type: Fast patrol boat
Displacement: 45.0 tons full load
Length: 21.80 metres (71.5 ft)
Beam: 5.50 metres (18.0 ft)
Draught: 1.1 metres (3.6 ft)
Propulsion: 2 × diesel engines with 4,570 hp (3,410 kW) and two Arneson ASD-16 articulating surface drives.
Speed: 37 knots (69 km/h; 43 mph) (max)
Range: 560 nmi (1,040 km; 640 mi)
Armament:

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 Dabur class.

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 operations at sea. Since then Dvoras have been made in Sri Lanka 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

 Israel
 Sri Lanka
 Republic of China
 Gambia
 Paraguay

References

  1. Fish, Tim (March 2009). "Sri Lanka learns to counter Sea Tigers’ swarm tactics" (pdf). Jane's Navy International. pp. 20–25. Retrieved 22 August 2015.

External links

Preceded by
Dabur
Dvora series Succeeded by
Super Dvora Mk II
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