IRIS Gorz (P228)

History
IranIran
NameGorz
NamesakeGorz
OperatorIslamic Republic of Iran Navy
Ordered14 October 1974
BuilderConstructions de Mécaniques, Cherbourg
Laid down5 August 1976
Launched28 December 1977
Commissioned22 August 1978
Refit1996–1998
StatusIn service
General characteristics (as built)
Class and typeKaman-class fast attack craft
Displacement
  • 249 tons standard
  • 275 tons full load
Length47 m (154 ft 2 in)
Beam7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)
Draft1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Installed power4 × MTU 16V538 TB91 diesels, 14,400 brake horsepower (10.7 MW)
Propulsion4 × shafts
Speed36 knots (67 km/h)
Range2,000 miles (3,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h); 700 miles (1,100 km) at 33.7 knots (62.4 km/h)
Complement30
Armament
NotesAs reported by Jane's (1979)[1]

IRIS Gorz (Persian: گرز, lit.'Mace') is a Kaman-class fast attack craft serving in the Southern Fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy. Being able to launch Mehrab (a reverse engineered version of RIM-66 Standard), she is considered the smallest warship in the world to operate such a missile.[citation needed] It is reportedly the only ship in her class that is capable of firing surface-to-air missiles, as of 2020.[2]

History

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During Iran-Iraq War, Gorz was assigned to Bushehr Naval Base.[3]

From 1996 to 1998, she was used for modernization trials.[4]

In the wargame Velayat 90, on 1 January 2012, she fired the missile Mehrab for the first time, marking its first operational test.[5][6] The ship was modernized in 2015–2021.[7]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Moore, John, ed. (1979). Jane's Fighting Ships 1979–80. London: Jane's Yearbooks. p. 256. ISBN 0-354-00587-1.
  2. ^ Nadimi, Farzin (18 June 2020), "Iran Signals a Toughened Stance by Adding to Its Naval Arsenal", The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (PolicyWatch), no. 3335, retrieved 15 July 2020
  3. ^ Razoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press. Appendix D, Table D6, p. 528. ISBN 978-0-674-91571-8.
  4. ^ 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
  5. ^ "Iran Extends Missile Range, Compares Its Military Might to Russia, China and North Korea", Newsweek, 16 October 2018, retrieved 1 August 2020
  6. ^ "Iran launched Mehrab surface missile for first time", Trend News Agency, 1 January 2012, retrieved 1 August 2020
  7. ^ "Optimized Corvettes Join Iran's Southern Fleet - Politics news".