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|Ship image=Israel mexico navy ceremony.jpg
|Ship image size=300px
|Ship caption=Ceremony of transferring INS ''Geula'' and INS ''Aliya'' from the Israeli Navy to the Navy of Mexico.
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{{Infobox ship career
|Ship country=Mexico
|Ship flag={{shipboxflag|Mexico|naval}}
|Ship name=''Tormenta''
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|Ship builder=Israel Shipyards Ltd.
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|Ship commissioned=August 23, 2004
|Ship decommissioned=
|Ship in service=2
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|Ship status=In active service
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|Ship class={{sclass2|Sa'ar 4.5|missile boat}} (''Aliya'' subclass)
|Ship displacement=498 tonnes
|Ship length={{convert|61.7|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship beam={{convert|7.62|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship draught=
|Ship draft={{convert|2.8|m|abbr=on}}
|Ship propulsion=4 [[MTU Friedrichshafen|MTU]] [[V16 engine|V16]] [[diesel engine]]s
|Ship speed=
* 19 knots (35 km/h) (cruise speed)
* 33 knots (61 km/h) (top speed)
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|Ship complement=*53 officers and crewmen
|Ship sensors=*[[Thales Group|Thales]] Neptune [[early warning radar|air & surface search radar]]
*[[Selenia (company)|Selenia]] Orion [[fire-control radar]]
|Ship EW=*[[Elbit]] [[Chaff (radar countermeasure)|chaff rocket launchers]]
*[[Elisra]] NS-9003A/9005 [[Radar warning receiver|RWR]]
|Ship armament=*4 [[Gabriel (missile)|Gabriel]] [[anti-ship missile]]s
*[[Oerlikon 20 mm cannon]]
*[[Phalanx CIWS]]
*2 [[M2 Browning machine gun]]s
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|Ship aircraft facilities=One [[Hangar|helicopter hangar]] and [[Helipad]]
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'''ARM ''Tormenta''''' (A-302) is a [[missile boat]] in the [[Mexican Navy]]. Previously a {{sclass2|Sa'ar 4.5|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 {{ship|ARM|Huracán|A-301|6}}.

{{Mexican Navy ships}}
{{Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boat|others}}

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[[Category:Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boats]]
[[Category:Ships built in Israel]]
[[Category:1981 ships]]
[[Category:Sa'ar 4.5-class missile boats of the Mexican Navy]]
[[Category:Missile boats of Mexico]]


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