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IRANIAN NAVY (IRAN)

MINE WARFARE SHIPS AND CRAFT

KAHNAMUIE inshore minesweepers (1964)

Harishi 1980

Name No Yard No Builder Laid down Launched Comp Fate
كهنموي [Kahnamuie], 8.1967- أرشي [Harishi] 301, 1976- 311   Tacoma BB, USA     9.1964 sunk 1981
ريزي [Riazi] 302, 1976- 312   Tacoma BB, USA   26.10.1963 10.1964 stricken 2010?

 

Displacement standard, t

203

Displacement full, t

239

Length, m

34.1

Breadth, m

7.14

Draught, m

2.40

No of shafts

2

Machinery

4 General Motors Detroit Diesel 6-71 diesels

Power, h. p.

960

Max speed, kts

12.5

Fuel, t

diesel oil 20

Endurance, nm(kts)

1000(9)

Armament

1 x 1 - 12.7/90, mechanical, magnetic minesweeping gear

Electronic equipment

Decca 303 radar

Complement

21

Project history: USN Cove class inshore minesweepers, built under MDAP

Modernizations: None.

Naval service: Harishi was lost during Iran-Iraq war.

Riazi 1975

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