Super Dvora Mk II-class patrol boat

The Super Dvora Mark II class is a group of high-speed patrol boats built by Israel Aerospace Industries for the Israeli Sea Corps, where it succeeded the original Dvora class. It was meant for a range of naval missions, from ordinary offshore coastal patrol to high-speed, highly manoeuvrable littoral warfare. The boat is about 25.4 metres long and has a marine aluminium alloy planing hull chosen to keep good sea-keeping, manoeuvrability and stability in rough conditions. Its main gun was originally a manually operated Oerlikon 20 mm cannon, and the boats have since been modified to take a Typhoon 25-30 mm stabilised cannon slaved to a mast-mounted electro-optic sighting system, with heavy or light machine guns added as the mission requires. Besides Israel, the class has served with the navies of Eritrea, India, Slovenia and Sri Lanka, and the Sri Lanka Navy used its boats to counter Tamil Tiger operations at sea.