Kashdom-class vessel
Class overview
OperatorsNavy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps
General characteristics
TypePatrol boat
Displacement17.8 tons (estimate)
Length16 m (52 ft 6 in)
Beam3 m (9 ft 10 in)
Draught1.1 m (3 ft 7 in)
Installed powerDiesel
Propulsion
  • 2 × diesel engines, 2,400 horsepower (1.8 MW)
  • surface piercing propeller
Speed50 knots (93 km/h) (estimate)
Complement5
Armament
  • 1 × 12.7mm machine gun
  • 1 × 23mm machine gun
  • 1 × multiple rocket launcher
  • 2 × single anti-ship missile launchers

Rezvan (Persian: رضوان, lit. 'paradise'), also known as Kashdom, is a class of twin-hulled fast inshore patrol craft Fast operated by the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran.

Design

Dimensions and machinery

The ships have an estimated standard displacement of 17.8 t (17.5 long tons).[1] The class design is 16 m (52 ft) long, would have a beam of 3 m (9.8 ft) and a draft of 1.1 m (3 ft 7 in).[1] It uses a surface piercing propeller, powered by two diesel engines.[1] This system was designed to provide 2,400 horsepower (1.8 MW) for an estimated top speed of 50 knots (93 km/h).[1]

Armament

Kashdom-class boats are of earlier generations were equipped with a 12.7mm and another 23mm machine gun.[1] Latest versions (Kashdom III and IV) have a cabin roof with a mounted multiple rocket launcher, as well as anti-ship missile launchers.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 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. 391, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075
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