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GAL class

Country of Origin: Israel

 0 GAL-class SUBMARINES (SS) (German Type 206)

 Name           Launched        Commissioned      Status
 GAL            Dec. 2, 1975    December 1976     Museum
 TANIN          Oct. 25, 1976   June 1977         Stricken
 RAHAV          May 8, 1977     Dec. 18, 1977     Stricken

These single-hull, diesel-electric submarines were built by Vickers Armstrong Ltd. in the U.K. to a modified West German Type 206 design (they are also known as the Vickers Type 540 design). A total of 10...

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