INS Tarshish
The INS Tarshish (Hebrew: תרשיש, Tarshish) is a Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat of the Israeli Navy, built by Israel Shipyards Ltd. and commissioned in June 1995.
![]() INS Tarshish at Israel 61st Independence Day display, May 2009  | |
| History | |
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| Name | Tarshish | 
| Namesake | Tarshish | 
| Builder | Israel Shipyards Ltd. | 
| Commissioned | June 1995 | 
| Status | Active | 
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| General characteristics | |
| Class and type | Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat | 
| Displacement | |
| Length | 61.7 m (202.43 ft) | 
| Beam | 7.62 m (25.00 ft) | 
| Draft | 2.8 m (9.19 ft) | 
| Propulsion | 4 MTU 16V 396 TB91 diesel engines, four shafts, total of 16,000 shp (12,000 kW) | 
| Speed | 34 knots (63 km/h) | 
| Range | 4,800 nautical miles (8,900 km) at 19 knots (35 km/h) 2,200 nautical miles (4,100 km) at 30 knots (56 km/h) | 
| Boats & landing  craft carried  | 1 Rigid hull inflatable boat | 
| Complement | 53 officers and crewmen | 
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