Patrol
Crafts (Coast Guard) of IINAVY
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4
Ex-US COAST GUARD "CAPE" CLASS
(LARGE
PATROL CRAFT)
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| Number |
Name |
Year |
Builders |
| 201 |
KAIVAN |
14
Jan 1956 |
USA |
| 202 |
TIRAN |
1957 |
USA |
| 203 |
MEHRAN |
1959 |
USA
(Curtis Bay, Maryland) |
| 204 |
MAHVAN |
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USA |
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- Displacement,
Tons: 85 standard, 107 full load
- Dimensions:
28.9 x 6.2 x 2 meters
- Main
machinery: 4 Cummins diesels, 2200 bhp, 2 shafts
- Speed,
knots: 20
- Range,
miles:
1500 at 15 knots
- Complement:
15
- Guns:
1 Bofors 40 mm
- A/S
mortars: 2-8 tubed Mk22 Mousetrap, manual loading, range
200 m, warhead 50 kg.
- Depth
charges : 2 racks, 8-136 kg charges.
- Sonars:
Hull-mounted, active attack, high frequency.
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Comment:
- MAHVAN
(204) - destroyed during war with Iraq (before 1988).
- KAIVAN
(201) - damaged during the war but still afloat. (before
1988).
- MEHRAN
(203) - damaged during the war but still afloat. (before
1988).
- TIRAN
(202) - the name have been changed to "AZADI"
(before 1988).
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3
Ex-US IMPROVED "PGM-71" CLASS
(LARGE
PATROL CRAFT)
US-built,
by: Peterson Builders Inc.
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| Number |
Name |
Year |
Notes |
| 211 |
PARVIN |
1967 |
ex-Us
PGM 103 |
| 212 |
BAHRAM |
1969 |
ex-Us
PGM 112 |
| 213 |
NAHID |
1970 |
ex-Us
PGM 122 |
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- Displacement,
Tons: 105 standard, 146 full load
- Dimensions:
30.5 x 6.7 x 3.1 meters
- Main
machinery: 8 General Motors diesels, 2000 bhp
- Speed,
knots: 15
- Guns:
1 Bofors 40 mm/70, 2-Oerlikon 20 mm, 2-12.7 mm MGs.
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Comment:
- All
reported sunk several timesbut PARVIN was at
sea in August 1987 and it is likely that the other two
are still alfoat.
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COAST
GUARD
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6
SEWART TYPE
(COASTAL PATROL CRAFT)
COAST
GUARD
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| Number |
Name |
Year |
Notes |
| 5001 |
MAHNAVI
HAMRAZ |
1953 |
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| 5002 |
MAHNAVI
TAHERI |
1953 |
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| 5003 |
MAHNAVI
VAHEDI |
1953 |
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| 5004 |
MARDJAN |
1953 |
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| 5005 |
MORVARID |
1953 |
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| 5006 |
SADAF |
1953 |
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- Displacement,
Tons: 10 standard
- Dimensions:
12.2 x 3.4 x 1.1 meters
- Main
machinery: 2 General Motors diesels, 2 shafts
- Speed,
knots: 30
- Guns:
2 light MGs.
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Comment:
- Small
launches for port duties of Sewart (USA) standard 40
ft type. All transfered June 1953. Pennant numbers 5001
and above. Some serve in the Caspian Sea at Bandar Pahlavi.
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50+
US "50 ft" CLASS
(COASTAL PATROL CRAFT)
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COAST
GUARD
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- Displacement,
Tons: 22 full load
- Dimensions:
15.3 x 4.8 x 2 meters
- Main
machinery: 3 General Motors diesels, 2 or 3 shafts
- Speed,
knots: 28
- Complement:
5/6
- Guns:
1-12.7 mm MG. 1-106 mm recoilless rifle.
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Comment:
- Twenty
ordered from Peterson, USA in 1973 with a further order
of 60 in 1976. Assembled in
Iran. At least 30 have been deleted. Now,
some but not all are manned by the Islamic Revolutionary
Guard.
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6
US "50 ft MK II" CLASS
(COASTAL PATROL CRAFT)
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COAST
GUARD |
- Displacement,
Tons: 22
- Dimensions:
15.3 x 4.8 x 1.9 meters
- Main
machinery: 2 Detroit 8V71 diesels, 850 hp, 2 shafts
- Speed,
knots: 28
- Complement:
6
- Guns:
4-12.7 mm (2 twin) MGs.
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Comment:
- Ordered
from Peterson, USA in 1976-77. Aluminium hulls. Another
14 either sunk or non-operational after war with Iraq.
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12
BERTRAM ENFORCER TYPE
(HARBOUR PATROL CRAFT)
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COAST
GUARD |
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Comment:
- Harbour
patrol of 31 ft and 20 ft. The remainder of an original
40.
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2
CUSTOMS VESSELS
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| Number |
Name |
Year |
Builders |
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TOUFAN |
1954 |
CN inmar, La Spezia |
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TOUSAN |
1955 |
CN
inmar, La Spezia |
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- Displacement,
Tons: 65
- Main
machinery: 2 diesels, 2 shafts
- Speed,
knots: 22
- Complement:
Built by CN inmar, La Spezia in 1954-1955
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Comment:
Launched in 1965 and 1966.
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