ARM Tormenta

Ceremony of transferring INS Geula and INS Aliya from the Israeli Navy to the Navy of Mexico.
History
Mexico
Name	Tormenta
Builder	Israel Shipyards Ltd.
Commissioned	August 23, 2004
In service	2
Status	In active service
General characteristics
Class & type	Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat (Aliya subclass)
Displacement	498 tonnes
Length	61.7 m (202 ft)
Beam	7.62 m (25.0 ft)
Draft	2.8 m (9 ft 2 in)
Propulsion	4 MTU V16 diesel engines
Speed	19 knots (35 km/h) (cruise speed) 33 knots (61 km/h) (top speed)
Complement	53 officers and crewmen
Sensors & processing systems	Thales Neptune air & surface search radar Selenia Orion fire-control radar
Electronic warfare & decoys	Elbit chaff rocket launchers Elisra NS-9003A/9005 RWR
Armament	4 Gabriel anti-ship missiles Oerlikon 20 mm cannon Phalanx CIWS 2 M2 Browning machine guns
Aircraft carried	ah64d
Aviation facilities	One helicopter hangar and Helipad

ARM Tormenta (A-302) is a missile boat in the Mexican Navy. Previously a Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat in the Israeli Sea Corps named INS Geula, it was bought by Mexico and placed under control of the Mexican Navy. Its sister ship is ARM Huracán.

The Geula was built by Israel Shipyards in 1981 and was purchased by Mexico in 2004 for $45 million, being renamed Tormenta. The vessel has since served in the Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean Sea. Tormenta and Huracán became the first Mexican Navy vessels to launch anti-ship missiles when they fired their Gabriel weapons. Early in his career Rear Admiral Eabani Gaviña Astudillo commanded the vessel.

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