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The decommissioned ships will be replaced by a new Type 26 frigate and multi-role support ships.

Its maritime arm dispatched frigates and corvettes to patrol the coastal waters with little event.

The frigate was hit by torpedoes and sank in the South Atlantic.

For many years, Israel’s three Sa’ar 5 corvettes were its largest warships, about the size of frigates.

Hours later, the European Union naval force in the region known as Operation Atalanta said a frigate operating in the region detained six suspected pirates.