INS Rahav starts its voyage to Israel

Israel second Dolphin 2-class submarine, INS Rahav, has left Germany for home in Israel on Dec. 17. The submarine is the fifth Dolphin-class boat and the second one to be equipped with AIP.

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By Ein Dahmer (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0], via Wikimedia Commons

The boat spent 32-months undergoing system integration and seas trials at the Thyssen-Krupp Marine Systems (TKMS) shipyard in Kiel, Germany after it was launched in April 2013.

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