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The Taregh (Persian: طارق) is a class of fast patrol boat used by naval forces of Iran. [1]A Boghammar is a High Speed Patrol Boat for use in coastal patrol. The term Boghammar originated from the Iranian patrol boats manufactured by the Swedish company Boghammar Marin AB during the 1980s used in the Iran–Iraq War and its Tanker War.
Fast attack crafts (15) Class Picture Boat No. Commissioned Displacement Fleet Origin Status ... Iran IRIS Joshan: P225: 2006 Fast attack craft: Northern Fleet:
Abhijit Singh, a senior fellow at Observer Research Foundation described the project as "a proud testimony of Iran’s abilities at reverse engineering". [3] According to Anthony Cordesman , Sina class ships have been "heavily updated" in comparison to the French-made La Combattante II type Kaman class. [ 4 ]
Peykaap III crafts are equipped with two single anti-ship missile launchers with Kowsar or Nasr, [2] [3] which rely on internal guidance and active terminal homing to 38 kilometres (21 nmi) at 0.8 Mach. [2] It is also compatible with Chinese C-701/FL-10 torpedoes. [2]
Bavar (Persian: باور, lit. 'belief', also known as Peykaap II [1]) is a class of fast patrol craft which is capable of firing both anti-ship missile and torpedo, and is operated by the Navy of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps of Iran. As of 2014, the boats are made available for export.
Multiple fast-attack vessels from the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps came close to a US Navy ship in the Strait of Hormuz on Saturday.
The ships have a standard displacement of 174 tonnes (171 long tons) and 208 t (205 long tons) at full load. [1] The class design is 38.6 m (127 ft) long, would have a beam of 6.8 m (22 ft) and a draft of 2.7 m (8 ft 10 in) [1] and would have used three propeller shafts, powered by three diesel engines.
The U.S. Navy said Monday its sailors and the United Kingdom Royal Navy came to the aid of a ship in the crucial Strait of Hormuz after Iran's Revolutionary Guard “harassed” it. Three fast ...