IRIS Neyzeh (P231)

IRIS Neyzeh (Persian: نیزه‎, lit. 'Spear') is a Kaman-class fast attack craft in the Southern Fleet of the Islamic Republic of Iran Navy.

History
Iran
Name: Neyzeh
Namesake: Neyzeh
Operator: Islamic Republic of Iran Navy
Ordered: 14 October 1974
Builder: Constructions de Mécaniques, Cherbourg
Laid down: 12 September 1977
Launched: 5 July 1978
Commissioned: 1 August 1981
Refit: 2011–2013
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

Neyzeh was built by French Constructions Mécaniques de Normandie at Cherbourg, as one of the second six contracted on 14 October 1974.[2] Her keel was laid down on 12 September 1977 and on 5 July 1978, she was launched.[2] Together with Khanjar and Tabarzin, Falakhon was delivered in c.1980, but remained at the shipyard due to an embargo in effect by the French government.[3] France decided to release the three,[4] and all were commissioned into the fleet on 1 August 1981.[2]

Service history

On 1 December 2013, Neyzeh was put into service again after an overhaul that took 30 months.[5] Reportedly, she has been equipped with Gader missiles.[6] In 2014, Khanjar and Neyzeh were deployed for a joint drill with Pakistan Navy in the Gulf of Oman.[7] Between 2–16 October 2018, she was deployed for an anti-piracy mission to the Arabian Sea and Gulf of Aden, along with her sister Khanjar and support ship Bushehr.[7] On the way back home, they made a port call to Karachi and participated in a two-day joint littoral search and rescue drill with Pakistan Navy.[7] She was among Iranian naval vessels participating in the four-day joint wargame in December 2019, with Russian Navy and the People's Liberation Army Navy of China, named 'Marine Security Belt'.[8]

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. Silverstone, Paul H. (1980), "Naval Intelligence", Warship International, International Naval Research Organization, 17 (4): 360, JSTOR 44869324
  4. Silverstone, Paul H. (1981), "Naval Intelligence", Warship International, International Naval Research Organization, 18 (4): 316, JSTOR 44890858
  5. "Iran deploys warships after overhaul", The Associated Press, 1 December 2013
  6. 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
  7. Nadimi, Farzin (April 2020), "Iran's Evolving Approach to Asymmetric Naval Warfare: Strategy and Capabilities in the Persian Gulf" (PDF), The Washington Institute for Near East Policy (Policy Focus) (164), Appendix E: IRIN’s Long-range Task Forces And Naval Visits Abroad, pp. 64–74, retrieved 15 July 2020
  8. "Iran, China, Russia Start Joint Naval Drills", Financial Tribune, 27 December 2019, retrieved 5 August 2020


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