Iranian missile boat Paykan (2003)
For the Automobile see Paykan.
For the Iranian football club based in Tehran, see Paykan Tehran F.C.
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 Iran
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| Name: | Paykan |
| Builder: | Iran |
| Laid down: | Unknown |
| Launched: | Unknown |
| In service: | 29 September 2003 |
| Status: | In service as of 2007 |
| General characteristics | |
| Class & type: | Kaman/Sina class missile boat |
| Displacement: | 275 tons full load |
| Length: | 47 m (154 ft 2 in) |
| Beam: | 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in) |
| Draught: | 2 m (6 ft 7 in) |
| Propulsion: | 4 diesels, 4 shafts, 14,400 bhp (10,700 kW) |
| Speed: | 36 knots (67 km/h; 41 mph) |
| Complement: | 31 |
| Armament: | |
The Iranian missile boat Paykan (Persian: پيکان) is an Iranian-made Kaman/Sina class missile boat. The Sina class is nearly identical to the Kaman class and Paykan and Joshan are both often referred to as members of the Kaman class.
Design
Paykan was Iran's first self-made missile boat and is equipped with 2 or 4 C802 SSM anti-ship missiles, 1 Fajr-27 76 mm dual-purpose gun and 1 40 mm anti-aircraft gun.
Paykan was built in memory of the original Paykan, that sank three Iraqi Navy Osa II boats in 1980 during Operation Morvarid,[1] it also has the same pennant number as the original one.
References
- ↑ Muffin, Tom. "Operation Moravid". iinavy.org. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
External links
- News about the Paykan (29 September 2003 section)
- Iran launches Paykan missile boat in Caspian waters
- Picture of Paykan
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