TKMS: Israeli Navy takes delivery of 2nd Sa’ar 6 corvette May 4, 2021, by Naida Hakirevic
Germany’s shipbuilder thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) has handed over INS Oz, the second of four corvettes ordered by the Israeli Navy.
The naming and delivery ceremony took place in Kiel on 4 May.
Photo: TKMS
TKMS is building the ships in a joint venture with German Naval Yards Kiel.
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 type ship’s first cut ceremony in February 2018. Only 15 months after the first steel was cut, the ship was undocked. In May 2019, the INS Magen received its name in Kiel and was handed over in November 2020.