INS Tanin (2012)
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| History | |
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 Israel | |
| Name | INS Tanin |
| Ordered | 2005 |
| Cost | €650m |
| Launched | February 2012 |
| Commissioned | September 23, 2014 |
| Badge |  |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Dolphin-class submarine |
| Type | Diesel-electric submarine |
| Displacement | 2,050 tons surfaced, 2,400 tons submerged[1] |
| Length | 68.6 m (225 ft) for Dolphin 2[1] |
| Beam | 6.8 m (22 ft) |
| Draught | 6.2 m (20 ft) |
| Propulsion | Diesel-electric, 3 diesels, 1 shaft, 4,243 shp (3,164 kW) |
| Speed | excess of 25 knots (46 km/h; 29 mph)[2] |
| Test depth | At least 350 m (1,150 ft) |
| Complement | 35 + 10 additional |
| Sensors and processing systems | STN Atlas ISUS 90-55 combat system |
| Armament | list error: <br /> list (help) 6 × 533 mm (21.0 in) torpedo tubes 4 × 650 mm (26 in) diameter torpedo tubes DM-2A4 Seehake wire-guided torpedoes UGM-84C Harpoon anti-ship missiles Triton anti-helicopter missiles |
INS Tanin is an Israeli Dolphin 2-class submarine. The name means "crocodile" in modern Hebrew, but can also mean the sea monster "tannin". The submarine was launched in February 2012 in Kiel, Germany, and was delivered to the Israeli port city Haifa later that year, and entered service in 2014.
References
- ^ a b Cavas, Christopher P. (15 August 2014). "Israel's Deadliest Submarines Are Nearly Ready". Defense News.
- ^ Israel’s Deadliest Submarines Are Nearly Ready Intercepts, Christopher P. Cavas
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to INS Tannin (Dolphin).
- Israeli submarine Dolphin
- FAS: Israel: Submarines
- Dolphin class submarines cutaway diagram, Der Spiegel, 5 June 2012