Ashura-class speedboat
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Class overview | |
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Builders | Marine Industries Organization |
Operators | |
General characteristics | |
Type | Fast patrol boat |
Displacement | 1 ton full load[1] |
Length | 6.7 m (22 ft 0 in)[1] |
Beam | 2.3 m (7 ft 7 in)[1] |
Draught | 0.4 m (1 ft 4 in)[1] |
Installed power | Diesel |
Propulsion | 2 × outboard engines, 240 horsepower (0.18 MW)[1] |
Speed | 90 knots (170 km/h) (estimate)[1][2] |
Complement | 4[1] |
Armament |
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The Ashura (Persian: عاشورا, also known as MIG-G-0800)[1] is a class of fast patrol boat used by naval forces of Iran.[3] It is a Boston Whaler type vessel based on a Watercraft UK design, and is manufactured domestically with hulls made of glass-reinforced plastic.[1]
Types
Ashura speedboats are able to carry various guns, including heavy machine guns and multiple rocket launchers.[1] There are versions with installed ZU-23-2 autocannon, DShK machine gun, and modified to carry a single naval mine.[3]
Export
From 1992 to 1994, Sudan purchased at least seven Ashura boats from Iran.[4]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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. 391, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075
- ^ "110 Combat Speedboats Delivered to IRGC Navy - Politics news".
- ^ a b Haghshenass, Fariborz (September 2008), Iran's Asymmetric Naval Warfare (PDF) (Policy Focus), Washington Institute for Near East Policy, p. 12
- ^ Saunders, Stephen; Philpott, Tom, eds. (2015), "Sudan", IHS Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016, Jane's Fighting Ships (116th Revised ed.), Coulsdon: IHS Jane's, p. 792, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075