IRIS Neyzeh (P231)
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| History | |
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 Iran | |
| Name | Neyzeh |
| Namesake | Neyzeh |
| Operator | Islamic Republic of Iran Navy |
| Ordered | 14 October 1974 |
| Builder | Constructions de Mécaniques, Cherbourg |
| Laid down | 12 September 1977 |
| Launched | 5 July 1978 |
| Commissioned | 1 August 1981 |
| Refit | 2011–2013 |
| Status | In service |
| General characteristics (as built) | |
| Class and type | Kaman-class fast attack craft |
| Displacement |
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| Length | 47 m (154 ft 2 in) |
| Beam | 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in) |
| Draft | 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in) |
| Installed power | 4 × MTU 16V538 TB91 diesels, 14,400 brake horsepower (10.7 MW) |
| Propulsion | 4 × shafts |
| Speed | 36 knots (67 km/h) |
| Range | 2,000 miles (3,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h); 700 miles (1,100 km) at 33.7 knots (62.4 km/h) |
| Complement | 30 |
| Armament |
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| Notes | As reported by Jane's (1979)[1] |
IRIS Neyzeh (Persian: نیزه, lit. 'Spear') is a Kaman-class fast attack craft in the Southern Fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.
Construction and commissioning[edit]
Neyzeh was built by French Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie at Cherbourg, as one of the second six contracted on 14 October 1974.[2] Her keel was laid down on 12 September 1977 and on 5 July 1978, she was launched.[2] Together with Khanjar and Tabarzin, Falakhon was delivered in c.1980, but remained at the shipyard due to an embargo in effect by the French government.[3] France decided to release the three,[4] and all were commissioned into the fleet on 1 August 1981.[2]
Service history[edit]
On 1 December 2013, Neyzeh was put into service again after an overhaul that took 30 months.[5] Reportedly, she has been equipped with Gader missiles.[6] In 2014, Khanjar and Neyzeh were deployed for a joint drill with Pakistan Navy in the Gulf of Oman.[7] Between 2–16 October 2018, she was deployed for an anti-piracy mission to the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden, along with her sister Khanjar and support ship Bushehr.[7] On the way back home, they made a port call to Karachi and participated in a two-day joint littoral search and rescue drill with Pakistan Navy.[7] She was among Iranian naval vessels participating in the four-day joint wargame in December 2019, with Russian Navy and the People's Liberation Army Navy of China, named 'Marine Security Belt'.[8]
See also[edit]
- List of current ships of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
- List of military equipment manufactured in Iran
References[edit]
- ^ Moore, John, ed. (1979). Jane's Fighting Ships 1979–80. London: Jane's Yearbooks. p. 256. ISBN 0-354-00587-1.
- ^ a b c Gardiner, Robert; Chumbley, Stephen; Budzbon, Przemysaw, eds. (1996), "Iran", Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995, Conway Maritime Press, pp. 183–188, ISBN 978-1557501325
- ^ Silverstone, Paul H. (1980), "Naval Intelligence", Warship International, 17 (4), International Naval Research Organization: 360, JSTOR 44869324
- ^ Silverstone, Paul H. (1981), "Naval Intelligence", Warship International, 18 (4), International Naval Research Organization: 316–319, JSTOR 44890858
- ^ "Iran deploys warships after overhaul", The Associated Press, 1 December 2013
- ^ 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. 388, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075
- ^ a b c Nadimi, Farzin (April 2020), "Iran's Evolving Approach to Asymmetric Naval Warfare: Strategy and Capabilities in the Persian Gulf" (PDF), The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (Policy Focus), no. 164, Appendix E: IRIN's Long-range Task Forces And Naval Visits Abroad, pp. 64–74, archived from the original (PDF) on 4 May 2020, retrieved 15 July 2020
- ^ "Iran, China, Russia Start Joint Naval Drills", Financial Tribune, 27 December 2019, retrieved 5 August 2020
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