IRIS Shamshir (P227)
Shamshir (front) with Jamaran (back)
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History | |
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Iran | |
Name | Shamshir |
Namesake | Shamshir |
Operator | Islamic Republic of Iran Navy |
Ordered | 14 October 1974 |
Builder | Constructions de Mécaniques, Cherbourg |
Laid down | 15 May 1976 |
Launched | 12 September 1977 |
Commissioned | 31 March 1978 |
Refit | 2014 |
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 Shamshir (Persian: شمشیر, lit. 'Sword') is a Kaman-class fast attack craft in the Southern Fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.
Construction and commissioning
[edit]Shamshir 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 15 May 1976 and on 12 September 1977, she was launched.[2] Together with Falakhon and Paykan, she was commissioned into the fleet on 31 March 1978.[2]
Service history
[edit]During Iran-Iraq War, her home port was Bushehr Naval Base.[3]
Her refit was completed in c. 2014 and Iranian chief of naval operations was quoted as saying, "Shamshir missile-launcher warship is capable of firing different mid-range and long-range surface-to-surface missiles, including Nour and Qader, or any other type of missile after its recent overhaul... The warship also has a double-purpose surface-to-surface and surface-to-air artillery which has been built by Iranian industries and the defense ministry and was tested successfully in the drills".[4] He also added that she is equipped with domestically built radars and new weapons systems, including 76mm caliber cannons.[4]
Starting on 9 April 2014, Shamshir departed home for a six-day search and rescue joint drill with Pakistan Navy and Royal Navy of Oman vessels.[5] Other Iranian vessels in this drill were Alvand, Bushehr and Atashbar, the latter of Revolutionary Guard Corps.[5]
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
- ^ Razoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press. Appendix D, Table D6, p. 528. ISBN 978-0-674-91571-8.
- ^ a b "Iran's Overhauled Warship Proves Successful in Joint Drills with Oman", Fars News Agency, 9 April 2014, retrieved 5 August 2020
- ^ a b 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