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Tir fast attack craft (torpedo) (IPS18) (2002-2006)

Names

10 units

Builders

North Korea or Iran: 10 units

Commissioned

2002-2006: 10 units

Losses

none

Transfers

none

Discarding

in service IRGC (2019): 10 units

 

Displacement standard, t

29

Displacement full, t

30

Length, m

21.1

Breadth, m

5.80

Draught, m

1.00

No of shafts

3

Machinery

3 diesels

Power, h. p.

3600

Max speed, kts

52

Fuel, t

diesel oil

Endurance, nm(kts)

 

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90, 2 - 533 TT

Electronic equipment

radar

Complement

6

Project history: IPS18 project, two first boats were delivered from North Korea 8.12.2002, some units were built in Iran. Torpedoes can be replaced by SSMs.

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: No significant events.

'Tir" (larger) and 'Boghammar' (smaller) 2006

© Ivan Gogin, 2019