Gal
The Gal (Hebrew for "wave") submarine was based on designs from Germany and Great Britain and the first submarine, the INS Gal, was produced in 1975 by Vickers of Great Britain. The INS Tanin and INS Rahav were produced and launched in the following two years.
The Gal submarines were equipped with six torpedo tubes and manned by a crew of 23. Over the next two decades after their production, the Gal class submarines went through several upgrades. In 1983, Sub-Harpoon torpedo capability was added to the submarines, and in 1988, new NT 37E torpedos replaced the older Mk 37 models. New sensors and fire control systems were installed in 1995. By 2000, Israel had received new Dolphin class submarines from Germany, and began to phase out the Gal submarines.
