High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Type 540 Gal Class submarine of the Israeli Navy is a slightly modified variant of the German HDW Type 206 submarine class, modified for Israeli requirements. The Gal class submarines were built to Israeli specifications as the Vickers shipyards Type 540 at Barrow in Furness in the UK rather than Germany for political reasons. "Gal" was the name of the son of Abraham Dror, 3rd commander of the squadron and head of the project. The Gal class of submarines were the first submarines in the Israeli Navy that were built to the specific requirements of the Israeli Navy from the ground up. Previous generations of submarines employed by the navy were refurbished and upgraded boats whose hull designs dated back to the era before and during World War II. Since going into service in the late-1970s, these small but agile and sophisticated submarines were continuously upgraded with newer systems to maintain their technological edge. However, in the late 1990s, the Gal submarines were replaced with the new Dolphin class submarine. In the early 2000s the Gal boats were decommissioned.

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