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IRANIAN NAVY (IRAN)

COASTAL FORCES

Chaho / Zafar fast attack craft (gun) (1987-2006)

Names

6 units

Builders

North Korea: 3 units

Joolaee Iran Marine Industries: 3 units

Commissioned

1987: 3 units

2006: 3 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service IRGC (2019): 6 units

 

Displacement standard, t

80

Displacement full, t

85

Length, m

26.2

Breadth, m

6.20

Draught, m

1.40 hull

No of shafts

4

Machinery

4 MWM TBD234-V16 diesels

Power, h. p.

4000

Max speed, kts

35

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 2 - 14.5/89, 1 x 12 - 107 BM-16 RL

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

10

Project history: North Korean 'Chaho' class boats were transferred to Iran in 1987 and re-motorized, later 3 more units were built in Iran as project MIG-S-2600-PB.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

© Ivan Gogin, 2019