Ghaem -class patrol craft
Class overview
Builders Marine Industries Organization
Operators
General characteristics
Type Patrol boat
Displacement 61 tons full load[ 1]
Length 18.7 m (61 ft 4 in)[ 1]
Beam 5.8 m (19 ft 0 in)[ 1]
Draught 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in)[ 1]
Installed power Diesel
Propulsion
2 × MWM TBD 234 V12 engines, 1,646 horsepower (1.227 MW)[ 1]
2 × shafts[ 1]
Speed 18 knots (33 km/h)[ 1]
Complement 10[ 1]
Sensors and processing systems Surface search radar , I-band [ 1]
Armament
The Ghaem (Persian : قائم , lit. 'risen-up', also known as MIG-S-1800 )[ 1] is a class of general-purpose patrol craft . The vessel is assembled in Iran , by Shahid Joolaee Marine Industries.[ 1]
Its primary operators include the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps ,[ 1] as well as the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy , which operates them in the Northern Fleet .[ 2] Iran has also exported Ghaem -class patrol boats to Syrian Armed Forces .[ 3]
References
^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Saunders, Stephen; Philpott, Tom, eds. (2015), "Iran", IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016 , Jane's Fighting Ships (116th Revised ed.), Coulsdon: IHS Jane's, p. 389, ISBN 9780710631435 , OCLC 919022075
^ "Iran wraps up naval drill in Caspian Sea" , Mehr News Agency , 6 July 2017
^ Shapir, Yiftah (August 2007), "The Syrian Army Buildup" (PDF) , Strategic Assessment , 10 (2), Tel Aviv, Israel: The Institute for National Security Studies