Nasser -class ship Class overview Builders Arvandan Shipbuilding Co. Operators Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps General characteristics Type Auxiliary ship Displacement 35 tons of supplies Length 33 m (108 ft 3 in) Beam 8 m (26 ft 3 in) Draught 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in) Installed power Diesel Propulsion 2 × diesel engines 2 × shafts Speed 27 knots (50 km/h) Complement 86 troops Armament 1 × 12.7mm machine gun
Nasser Persian : ناصر , lit. class of auxiliary ships built by Iranian shipyard Arvandan and operated by the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps .[ 1]
Arvandan Shipbuilding Co., the manufacturer of these vessels, is a civilian shipyard that specializes in light passenger ferries.[ 1] Jane's Fighting Ships yard auxiliary general (YAG),[ 2] International Institute for Strategic Studies classifies them as transport ship (AP).[ 3] [ 1]
Dimensions and machinery [ edit ] The class design is 33 m (108 ft) long, would have a beam of 8 m (26 ft) and a draft of 1.5 m (4 ft 11 in).[ 2] [ 2] Nasser vessels can carry 86 troops or 35 tons of supplies.[ 2]
Joseph Trevithick, a fellow at GlobalSecurity.org , says the vessels seem "lightly armed", adding that it "did not necessarily mean it might not have been threatening".[ 1] minelayers .[ 1] Jane's mentions that the ships are equipped with one 12.7mm machine gun , as well as unknown electro-optic systems.[ 2]
Known ships of the class include:
Name Hull № Code letters Commissioned Status Unknown 111 Unknown Unknown In service Unknown 112 Unknown Unknown In service Unknown 113 Unknown March 2011[ 2] In service Unknown 114 Unknown Unknown In service Unknown 115 Unknown Unknown In service Shahid Nasserinejad 116 Unknown In service Shahid Basir TBD TBD TBD Under construction
^ a b c d e Trevithick, Joseph (25 July 2017), "For the U.S. Navy, Iranian Harassment Is Risky Business As Usual" , The Drive , retrieved 25 August 2020 ^ a b c d e f 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. 395, ISBN 9780710631435 OCLC 919022075 ^ The International Institute of Strategic Studies (IISS) (2020). "Middle East and North Africa". The Military Balance 2020 . Vol. 120. Routledge. p. 350. doi :10.1080/04597222.2020.1707968 . ISBN 9780367466398 S2CID 219624897 .
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