Dvora-class fast patrol boat

The Dvora class is a class of fast patrol boats built by Israel Aerospace Industries for the Israeli Sea Corps, the Sri Lanka Navy and the Republic of China Navy, and based on the earlier Israeli Dabur class. The Sri Lanka Navy made the Dvora its workhorse against Tamil Tiger operations at sea, acquiring 12 between 1982 and 1988, and later built boats of its own that became the basis for the Colombo class. Taiwan bought two and used them as the pattern for the almost identical, locally built Hai Ou class missile boats, which have three propeller shafts where the Dvora has two. Both were armed with Hsiung Feng I anti-ship missiles. Used Taiwanese boats were later handed to Gambia and Paraguay. The Super Dvora Mk II and Mk III boats are later developments of the same design family.