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Name | Derafsh |
Builder | Shahid Tamjidi shipyard, Bandar Anzali |
Launched | 27 November 2008 |
Commissioned | 6 October 2009 |
Homeport | Bandar Anzali |
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Status | In active service |
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Class and type | Sina-class fast attack craft |
Derafsh (Persian: درفش, lit. 'Flag') is a Sina-class fast attack craft serving in the Northern Fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.
Construction and commissioning
She was launched on 27 November 2008 and commissioned into service in 2009.
Service history
Derafsh, along with the frigate Damavand, left home for a visit to Makhachkala, Russia in March 2017.
See also
- List of current ships of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
- List of military equipment manufactured in Iran
References
- Silverstone, Paul H. (2008), "Naval Intelligence", Warship International, 45 (3), International Naval Research Organization: 175, JSTOR 44894958
- 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. 388, ISBN 9780710631435, OCLC 919022075
- "Iran News Round Up", Critical Threats, American Enterprise Institute, 8 March 2017
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