Hengam -class landing ship
Class overview
Builders Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited , Clyde
Operators Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Built 1972–1974; 1977–1984
In service 1974–present
Planned 6
Completed 4
Cancelled 2
Active 4
General characteristics
Type Landing Ship Heavy
Displacement 2,581 tons full load
Length 93 m (305 ft 1 in)
Beam 15 m (49 ft 3 in)
Draught 2.4 m (7 ft 10 in)
Installed power Diesel
Speed 14.5 knots (26.9 km/h)
Range 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 km) at 12 knots (22 km/h)
Complement 80
Hengam (Persian : هنگام) is a class of Landing Ship Heavy built by the Yarrow Shipbuilders Limited and operated by the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy . A total of 6 ships were originally planned but eventually last two were cancelled. Each of the four ships in service in the class is named after a namesake island inside Iranian territorial waters, namely Hengam Island , Larak Island , Tonb Islands , and Lavan Island respectively.
Ships in the class
Ships of the class are:
See also
References
Footnotes
^ Conway's All the World's Fighting Ships 1947–1995 , p. 186
Jane's Fighting Ships 2015–2016 , p. 393
Sources
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
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, pp. 382–395, ISBN 9780710631435 , OCLC 919022075
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