IRIS Khadang (P223)

Khadang (Persian: خدنگ, lit. 'Arrowhead') is a Kaman-class fast attack craft in the Southern Fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.

History
Iran
Name: Khadang
Namesake: Khadang
Operator: Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Ordered: 19 February 1974
Builder: Constructions de Mécaniques, Cherbourg
Laid down: 20 June 1975
Launched: 15 July 1976
Commissioned: 15 March 1978
Status: In service
General characteristics (as built)
Class and type: Kaman-class fast attack craft
Displacement:
  • 249 tons standart
  • 275 tons full load
Length: 47 m (154 ft 2 in)
Beam: 7.1 m (23 ft 4 in)
Draft: 1.9 m (6 ft 3 in)
Installed power: 4 × MTU 16V538 TB91 diesels, 14,400 brake horsepower (10.7 MW)
Propulsion: 4 × shafts
Speed: 36 knots (67 km/h)
Range: 2,000 miles (3,200 km) at 15 knots (28 km/h); 700 miles (1,100 km) at 33.7 knots (62.4 km/h)
Complement: 30
Armament:
  • 4 × Harpoon (single cell)
  • 1 × 76mm/65 (single compact)
  • 1 × 40mm/70 Bofors
Notes: As reported by Jane's (1979)[1]

Construction and commissioning

Khadang was built by French Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie at Cherbourg, as one of the first six contracted on 19 February 1974.[2] Her keel was laid down on 20 June 1975 and on 15 July 1976, she was launched.[2] Falakhon was commissioned into the fleet on 15 March 1978.[2]

Service history

During Iran-Iraq War, her home port was Bushehr Naval Base.[3]

References

  1. Moore, John, ed. (1979). Jane's Fighting Ships 1979–80. London: Jane's Yearbooks. p. 256. ISBN 0-354-00587-1.
  2. 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
  3. Razoux, Pierre (2015). The Iran-Iraq War. Harvard University Press. Appendix D, Table D6, p. 528. ISBN 978-0-674-91571-8.
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