Israeli Navy receives Sa'ar 6-class corvettes INS Atzmaut and INS Nitzachon.

According to a press release published by ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems on July 27, 2021, the company has handed over the two ships to the Israeli Navy today. The SA`AR 6-class corvettes had been christened earlier. This means that all four ships ordered have now been delivered to the Israeli Navy.
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Sa'ar 6-class corvettes INS Atzmaut and INS Nitzachon (Picture source: Twitter account of Amir Bohbot)

The SA'AR 6-class ships will form the backbone of the Israeli Navy for the next 30 years. ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems is building the ships in a joint venture with German Naval Yards Kiel. Vice Admiral Eliyahu Sharvit arrived from Israel for the naming and handover ceremony.

The contract for the delivery of four SA'AR 6 corvettes was signed in May 2015.

After the design phase, the construction phase began with the ship's steel cutting ceremony in February 2018. Just 15 months after the first steel was cut, the ship undocked. In May 2019, the "INS Magen" as first of class received her name in Kiel and was handed over in November 2020. The second ship, "INS Oz" followed in May 2021. Today, with “INS Atzmaut” and “INS Nitzachon” the order was completed.

The ships will be equipped with radar and weapon systems by the Israeli Navy after their arrival in their homeport.

The Sa'ar 6-class vessels have a displacement of almost 1,900 tons at full load and is 90 m (295 ft 3 in) long. They are armed with an Oto Melara 76 mm main gun, two Typhoon Weapon Stations, 32 vertical launch cells for Barak-8 surface-to-air missiles, 20 cells for the C-Dome point defense system, 16 anti-ship missiles (likely Gabriel 5), the EL/M-2248 MF-STAR AESA radar, and two 324 mm (12.8 in) torpedo launchers. They have hangar space and a platform able to accommodate a medium-class SH-60-type helicopter.