IRIS Kaman (P221)
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Name | Kaman |
Namesake | Kaman |
Operator | Islamic Republic of Iran Navy |
Ordered | 19 February 1974 |
Builder | Constructions de Mécaniques, Cherbourg |
Laid down | 5 February 1975 |
Launched | 8 January 1976 |
Commissioned | 12 August 1977 |
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] |
Kaman (Persian: کمان, lit. 'Bow') is a fast attack craft in the Southern Fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy and the lead ship of her class.
Construction and commissioning
[edit]Kaman was built by French Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie at Cherbourg, as one of the first six contracted on 19 February 1974.[2] Her keel was laid down on 5 February 1975 and on 8 January 1976, she was launched.[2] Falakhon was commissioned into the fleet on 12 August 1977.[2]
Service history
[edit]During Iran-Iraq War, her home port was Bushehr Naval Base.[3]
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.