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Iran Ghadir class — — 2007 onward: 125 tons Midget submarine: Southern Fleet: Iran 20 in service Nahang class: IRIS Nahang 1: XXX: 2006: 115 tons Midget submarine: Southern Fleet: Iran Frigates (7/8) Class Picture Boat No. Commissioned Displacement Type Fleet Origin Status Alvand class: IRIS Alvand: 71: 1971: 1,400 tons Frigate: Southern ...
IRIS Makran (Persian: مکران) is the first and only forward base ship of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy, in service with its Southern Fleet since 2021 and named after a coastal region in southeastern Iran. A former crude oil tanker converted into a warship, she was known with the tentative title Khalij-e Fars (lit.
The IRIS Shahid Bagheri is a drone carrier operated by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps Navy. [2] She is the result of the 2022–2024 conversion of the container ship Perarin, to which was added an angled flightdeck with a ski-jump, in the manner of light aircraft carriers. [5]
The two mentioned frigates have brought Iran's frigate arsenal from three to five, while two others are being built, to be added to Iran's fleet of warships in the Persian Gulf. In March 2006, the navy deployed a submarine named Nahang (Whale), with pictures broadcast by state media at the time showing a minisub.
Warship International wrote in 2008 that four ships of this class were under construction: Mowj (376) launched on 22 February 2007, Jamaran (377) launched on 28 November 2007, as well as Azarakhsh (378) and Tondar (379). [4] The first ship, Jamaran is said to be completed and is stationed in the port of Bandar Abbas.
The IRIS Shahid Mahdavi is a warship operated by the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran that is capable of carrying helicopters, drones, and missile launchers. Shahid Mahdavi, originally a Panamax container ship, built by South Korea; [4] was the largest ship operated by IRGC Navy until the commissioning of IRIS Shahid Bagheri.
These are an Iranian class of missile corvettes and bear the name of Qasem Soleimani, a prominent Iranian military officer, who was the commander of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Quds Force from 1998, until he was assassinated on 3 January 2020 by the United States in Baghdad,Iraq alongside Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis.
Bandar Abbas (Persian: بندرعباس) is a class that includes a pair of fleet supply ships operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy. Ships in the class [ edit ]